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PhotoGallery / Wall Paintings in the Afghan Region of Bamiyan

Tue, 20 May 2008 06:08:15 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The world was in shock when in 2001 the Taliban destroyed two ancient colossal Buddha statues in the Afghan region of Bamiyan. Behind those statues, there are caves decorated with precious paintings from 5th to 9th century A.D. The caves also suffered from Taliban destruction, as well as from a severe natural environment, but today they have become the source of a major discovery. Scientists have proved, thanks to experiments performed at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), that the paintings were made of oil, hundreds of years before the technique was “invented” in Europe.

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Wall paintings in the Afghan region of Bamiyan. Image: National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo (Japan)

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ESRF.

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cool pix

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 06:12:51 GMT

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clipper's remarks: National Geographic Magazine....

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Pearl Shoals Falls, one of the premier attractions in Jiuhaigou, Sichuan Province, China

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austere landscape found in New Zealand's Tongariro National Park

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Dark storm clouds fill the sky above Mount Vesuvius, arguably the world's most dangerous volcano. About three million people live in the surrounding area.

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This horse enjoys a good back scratch as it rolls around on the ground after a day of trekking through the Muskwa-Kechika Management Area in British Columbia. The front legs are tied with yellow rope, a practice called hobbling, which ensures it does not wander far from camp.

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Butterflies

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 04:29:37 GMT

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clipper's remarks: My favorite color!

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King Tut put on display - pics

Mon, 05 Nov 2007 05:02:22 GMT

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pictures of the mummy show a face with high cheekbones and blackened, cracked skin and an intact nose.

Archaeologists today removed the mummy of boy pharaoh Tutankhamun from his stone sarcophagus in his underground tomb, revealing his shrivelled leather-like face and body.

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disturbing....

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:32:24 GMT

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The Blake Prize entry titled "Bearded Orientals: Making the Empire Cross" by artist Priscilla Bracks is exhibited in Sydney August 30, 2007. The "double vision" print, which depicts both Jesus Christ and Osama bin Laden, in a Christ-like pose, depending on which side the viewer looks at the artwork.

Tags: religion, al qaeda, osama bin laden, jesus, blake prize

Seven Wonders - Photos

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 05:30:27 GMT

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The Petra in Jordan.

Colosseum in Rome, Italy.

The Kukulkan Pyramid of Chichen Itza in Mexico.

The Machu Picchu in Cuzco, Peru.

The Taj Mahal in Agra, India.

The Great Wall of China.

Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Tags: world, wonders, seven, jordan, italy, mexico, peru, india, china, brazil

Celebrities When They Were Kids

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 06:13:19 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Nice collection...

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And a few more..

2006 - the year in pics

Sat, 09 Jun 2007 21:43:46 GMT

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Cyclone Gonu hits Oman - Photos

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 08:28:09 GMT

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Muscat has been hit by very rough seas, long before the centre of the cyclone is due to hit land

Strong wind and heavy rain started on Tuesday afternoon

The cyclone is heading towards Muscat along the coast and is expected to impact at around 4pm on Wednesday

The Royal Oman Police (ROP) is urging residents to stay indoors

Oman’s weather officials said that the centre of cyclone Gonu will hit the eastern coast of the country on Wednesday morning and that it remained a category five storm.

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Mumbai slum - Dharavi

Sun, 06 May 2007 06:38:59 GMT

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Dharavi is routinely called "the largest slum in Asia," a dubious attribution sometimes conflated into "the largest slum in the world." This is not true. Mexico City's Neza-Chalco-Itza barrio has four times as many people. In Asia, Karachi's Orangi Township has surpassed Dharavi.

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In a city where half of the 12 million inhabitants live in shantytowns, Dharavi ranks as perhaps the most well established of Mumbai's slums, with an intricate system of neighborhoods, work districts, schools, mosques, and churches. One of Asia's largest slums, it is home to a million people squeezed onto 550 acres (220 hectares) of swampy landfill in the heart of India's financial capital

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Tags: india, photos, slum, poverty, squalor

photos from Palestine

Thu, 15 Mar 2007 09:02:02 GMT

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clipper's remarks: from the blog Freelance in Palestine

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Gaza tour

The long walk through Erez

Guns

Shooting

Goodbyes

Incomprehension

Blockade

Days

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photos from Kerala

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:22:02 GMT

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Tags: india, kerala, photos, temple, palace, photography, architecture

Nature pictures

Tue, 06 Feb 2007 05:38:35 GMT

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Nature

Nature pictures. This gallery is a selection of nature photos you can find in the country-related galleries of earth-photography.com. The most beautiful sceneries covered by these galleries are probably Norway's stunning fjordlands (including Geirangerfjord and the Jostedal glacier), Slovakia's frozen High Tatra mountain range, Croatia's Adriatic Sea and its islands, the Swiss mountains and England's Peak District.

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On the road in Austria.

Krk island, Croatia, just after sunset

Croatia

Sun sets on the Adriatic

Peak District, England

Peak District

The Hope ridge in the Peak District

Matlock Bath, England

Fields, endless fields in Germany

The Shipyard Island of Budapest

Leafway in the hills surrounding Budapest

Dusk colors in Hungary

Bowing

Last rays in Hungary

Sleeping Hungarian town

Norway's Jostedal glacier

Geirangerfjord in Norway

Jostedal

Sun sets on Norwegian mountains

Untouched beauty in Norway

Fire and Ice in the High Tatras, Slovakia

Iceworld in the High Tatras

The lake Geneva in Switzerland

Lake Thun, Switzerland

A valley in the Brecon Beacons, Wales




These Nature pictures are copyright Peter Visontay. For licensing information see the information page. » Other photo galleries...

Tags: photography, photos. nature, beauty, europe

New Disney ads

Sun, 28 Jan 2007 05:52:59 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Photographed by Annie Leibovitz: Beyonce as Alice in Wonderland, David Beckham as Prince Philip (from Sleeping Beauty), Scarlett Johansson as Cinderella

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Tags: ads, disney, celebrities, photography, fantasy

Photos of the world's smallest country...

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 06:04:37 GMT

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Sealand to sell. An anti-aircraft base to repel German bombers in World War II, the derelict platform was taken over 40 years ago by retired army major Paddy Roy Bates who went to live there with his family. He declared the platform, perched some 12 kilometers off the east coast of England and just outside Britain's territorial waters, to be the principality of Sealand. Now Roy is going to sell it. (Photo: Epaper.bjd.com.cn)

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Sealand is only 550 square meters and perched on two concrete towers in the North Sea.(Photo: People's daily.com)

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Sealand, the world's smallest "country" has its own flag, stamps, currency and passports.(Photo: Gzdaily.com)

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The location of Sealand shows on a map.(Photo: Gzdaily.com)

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