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  • An Interactive 360° Aerial Panorama of the World’s Highest Waterfall

    • 10 Mar 2012
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    An Interactive 360° Aerial Panorama of the Worlds Highest Waterfall waterfalls Venezuela photography

    An Interactive 360° Aerial Panorama of the Worlds Highest Waterfall waterfalls Venezuela photography

    "Maybe I’m just a huge geek, but I found this vertigo-inducing aerial panorama of the world’s highest waterfall, Angel Falls, and nearby Dragon and Cortina Falls in Venezuela to be pretty incredible. This takes a few steps, but trust me it’s worth it. Head on over to AirPano and if you’re on a nice fast internet connection (or have a moment to wait) click the “High Resolution” viewer. You can turn off the music down on the bottom, click full-screen on top and then use the thumbnails on the right to switch views. Then click and drag anywhere on the screen to explore 360°. Unless you plan on traveling to Venezuela, renting a helicopter from a gold mine and flying perilously close to the 3,200 foot (979 meter) falls while dangling upside down from said helicopter, this is the next best thing. Angel Falls is so tall that the water never reaches the bottom, instead the flow turns into a dense fog during its half mile flight."

    via thisiscolossal.com

     

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  • “Relámpago del Catatumbo”, the Everlasting Storm

    • 4 Jan 2012
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    • January 04 2012 Lightning Natural Phenomena Venezuela Weather
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    "The mysterious “Relámpago del Catatumbo” (Catatumbo lightning) is a unique natural phenomenon in the world. Located on the mouth of the Catatumbo river at Lake Maracaibo (Venezuela), the phenomenon is a cloud-to-cloud lightning that forms a voltage arc more than five kilometre high during 140 to 160 nights a year, 10 hours a night, and as many as 280 times an hour."

     

    via mytechnologyworld9.blogspot.com 


    Promotional Video of the "Catatumbo Lightning", tourist icon of the Zulia State,Venezuela. Declared Natural Patrimony of the Nation in 2007; and Natural Heriage of Humanity by UNESCO.

     

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  • Sarisarinama ~ Rio Lulaba, Venezuela

    • 15 Dec 2011
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    "Besides being one of the most remote locations in all of Venezuela, Sarisarinama is one of the most bizarre landscapes in the world. High in the clouds on a tepui, or tabletop mountain, are four giant sinkholes, each a near-perfect circle, cutting through the foliage-covered mountain.

    The largest of the sinkholes is 1150 feet wide and 1000 feet deep. Although the other three well-known holes are not quite as large, they are equally impressive, and drop off in the midst of the primeval forest on top of the tepui. Adding to the mystery of the place is the the local legend that gave the tepui its name. According to natives to the area, a flesh-eating evil spirit lived on the mountain, who made the sound Sari Sari when he was consuming human meat."

    via atlasobscura.com

     

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  • Electric Orchids : Tillandsia funckiana

    • 6 Sep 2011
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    Tillandsia funckiana is a curious epiphytic plant from Venezuela
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  • Mount Roraima - the highest of the Pakaraima mountains

    • 17 Jun 2011
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    Mount Roraima is the highest of the Pakaraima mountain chain in South America. The 31 square kilometer summit area is defined by 400 meter tall cliffs on all sides and includes the borders of Brazil, Venezuela, and Guyana. The tabletop mountains of the Pakaraima’s are considered some of the oldest geological formations on Earth, dating back to some two billion years ago.
    see more great photos via all-that-is-interesting.com

     

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