Abandoned on Everest
In 2006, a lone climber attempting the summit of Mount Everest for the third time was, purely by chance, caught in an amateur photograph taken by another climber of the scenic mountaintop ahead. The climber in the photograph was making his way up what is known as the Final Push of the Northeast ridge, between Camp VI at 8,230 m and the summit. It was late in the afternoon, a foolishly reckless time to undertake the lengthy and dangerous route. It would be many hours before the the photographer and his climbing team saw the man again. For decades, this rope had taken climbers within a few feet of what became known as Green Boots cave. This morning, however, Green Boots had company. What happened next entered the folklore of the highest mountain on earth. While chilling in itself, the incident pales in the bigger context of the deadliness of Mount Everest. Above a certain altitude, no human can ever acclimatize. In such conditions, odd things happen to human physical and mental states.
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Colt + Rane Stefano Unterthiner Photography : Animals Face to Face
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Grand Canyon Virtual Tour Shoshone Point Panorama - Grand Canyon 360 degree Panoramic Photo, QTVR
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK Shoshone Point - Arizona The Shoshone Point at the South Rim of Grand Canyon is a quiet place compared to the more visited Grandview point and Yaki Point. To get there from the parking place there is a two-mile round trip taking you 20 min trough a forest of Ponderosa pines. The views from the point are spectacular. At northwest, you can see the South Kaibab Trail which snakes its way through Skeleton Point, at east you see Horseshoe Mesa and the Grandview Trail. Link: Shoshone Point, Grand Canyon National Aerial Panorama from Bad Wiessee Germany View more panoramas by Jürgen Schrader at his site www.bavaria360.com
Le Dalaï Lama : "Je suis un marxiste en robe bouddhiste"
N.O.- La première question est votre regard sur le passé. Les Chinois invoquent beaucoup de motivations à l’appui de leur occupation du Tibet. Un de leurs arguments les plus forts est que leur intervention a mis fin à un régime féodal, à une société arriérée, inégalitaire, avec une classe privilégiée qui vivait aux dépens de la majorité. Qu’il s’agissait d’un système qui méritait d’être renversé. Certains Tibétains sont aujourd’hui d’accord avec cette vision des choses. Etes-vous d’accord avec certaines de ces critiques ? Dalaï Lama.- Personne ne peut dire que le Tibet du passé était parfait. N.O.- A propos de ce qui se produit aujourd’hui. Dalaï Lama.- Y compris les armes ! N.O.- Ces nouveaux moyens sont une menace directe à la culture tibétaine, à son existence même. Dalaï Lama.- Je dis souvent aux gens. N.O.- Que faire alors ? Dalaï Lama.- Le gouvernement chinois continue de nier. Dalaï Lama.- Certainement, je peux le faire dans une certaine mesure. Dalaï Lama.- Très peu.
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Zhoucun Ancient Town Zhoucun ancient commercial town now is national AAAA level tourism scenic spot, cradle land of Lushang culture, demonstration base of national culture industry, provincial level key cultural relic protection unit, provincial level civilized scenic spot, provincial level patriotic education base and one of top ten film shooting bases in Shandong. The total area of planning scenic spots is 4.92 sq.m, having protection area, control area and transition area.
Earth from Above a collection of aerial photography
"Earth From Above" is the result of the aerial photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand's five-year airborne odyssey across six continents. It's a spectacular presentation of large scale photographs of astonishing natural landscapes. Every stunning aerial photograph tells a story about our changing planet. Coal mine in South Africa Sha Kibbutz, Israel Military cemetery in Verdun, France Suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark Elephants on the savannah, Botswana Favelas in Rio de Janeiro Ruins of the medieval city of Shali, Egypt Switzerland Gullholmen, Sweden Denver, USA Fraser Island dune, Australia Pena, Portugal Amazon River, Brazil Suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa Machu Picchu, Peru Walled City of Dubrovnik, Croatia The Changping District in Beijing, China Cattle near the Masai Mara National Park, Kenya Tasmania, Australia Boat Houses in Lagos, Nigeria Bazaar of Istanbul, Turkey Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany Hashima Island, Japan Stockholm, Sweden Boats stranded on the dry Aral Sea, Kazakhstan Varanasi, India
