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Rainbows Emerging from Inside the Iguazu Falls

Saturday, July 25, 2009

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Rainbows Emerging from Inside the Iguazu Falls

Rainbow waterfalls are not even an especially rare phenomenon, but by golly are they a spectacular one. As if waterfalls were not extravagant enough, nature goes and really lays on a feast for the eyes by throwing a rainbow in for free. Glad we’re not picking up the tab for this one, particularly when the falls in focus aren't just any falls; they're the Iguazu Falls, to many the most amazing on earth.

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10 Beautiful Yet Deadly Mega Metropolises

Thursday, July 9, 2009

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10 Beautiful Yet Deadly Mega Metropolises

Any city with a few million inhabitants is bound to have problems: population, pollution, transportation, water quality, sanitation, crime, natural disasters – you name it. A mega metropolis with a population of 10 or even 20 million will have massive ones especially if it is disadvantaged due to geographic location. Let’s take a look at ten of these mega metros around the world and see what’s bothering them most.

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Oil Spill Threatens Argentine Capital

Thursday, June 5, 2008

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Image via Wikipedia An oil spill 20 kilometers long is heading towards Buenos Aires and may have greater catastrophic effects if it reaches land.

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World Record: Uruguayan Army Grills 12 Tons of Beef

Monday, April 14, 2008

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Nearly 20,000 spectators were on hand to watch 1,250 volunteers grill twelve metric tons of beef in Montevideo Sunday. Moo. Image from brianbutko on Flickr Using a grill that was reportedly 1.5 km long, Uruguay set a new world record for “world’s biggest barbecue” while raising awareness of [...]

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