Tag: unesco

December 21, 2016 at 12:47 pm

Picture of the Day: The Linear Dunes of the Namib Sand Sea from Space

Picture of the Day: The Linear Dunes of the Namib Sand Sea from Space

The Namib Sand Sea is a World Heritage Site and the only coastal desert in the world that includes extensive dune fields influenced by fog

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December 8, 2016 at 11:26 am

Picture of the Day: Kinkakuji (Golden Pavilion), Kyoto, Japan

Picture of the Day: Kinkakuji (Golden Pavilion), Kyoto, Japan

Kinkakuji is a Zen Buddhist temple and World Heritage Site in northern Kyoto first built in 1397

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April 6, 2016 at 6:39 pm

Picture of the Day: The Skywalker

Picture of the Day: The Skywalker

Photographer Lukas Furlan explores Italy’s famous Dolomites. The mountain range was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2009

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March 17, 2016 at 12:49 pm

Musicians Turn a Frozen Lake in Siberia Into a Giant Instrument

Musicians Turn a Frozen Lake in Siberia Into a Giant Instrument

Watch a group of Russian percussionists venture out into a frozen Lake Baikal and make music with ice!

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March 16, 2016 at 1:11 pm

Picture of the Day: Zoomed Out Machu Picchu

Picture of the Day: Zoomed Out Machu Picchu

A fresh perspective on a world wonder

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March 7, 2016 at 5:13 pm

Picture of the Day: An 1,800 Year Old Roman Road in Africa

Picture of the Day: An 1,800 Year Old Roman Road in Africa

A remarkably well-preserved 1800-year-old Roman road in Timgad, which was a Roman colonial town in the Aurès Mountains of modern-day Algeria

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January 27, 2016 at 6:48 pm

Picture of the Day: Ta Prohm Temple, Cambodia

Picture of the Day: Ta Prohm Temple, Cambodia

Ta Prohm is the modern name of the temple at Angkor, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia, built in the late 12th and early 13th centuries

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October 16, 2015 at 12:04 pm

Picture of the Day: Open Concept in St Lucia

Picture of the Day: Open Concept in St Lucia

Just one of the 32 ‘open wall’ rooms at the Ladera Resort, where every room comes with its own plunge pool.

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September 30, 2015 at 11:20 am

Picture of the Day: Morning Picchu

Picture of the Day: Morning Picchu

In this breathtaking capture by Simon Tong, we see the morning rays from the sun peeking through the clouds and shining upon Peru’s iconic Machu Picchu.

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August 17, 2015 at 11:22 am

Picture of the Day: Cheetah at Sunset

Picture of the Day: Cheetah at Sunset

In this photo by Arturo De Frias, we see a Cheetah (Acinonyx juvatus) silhouetted against a fiery sunset in the Oakavango Delta, Botswana.

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