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17 Biggest Buddhas on Earth

Bigger, better, heavier – that seems to be the motto of Asia’s amazing Buddha statues. Our list features actual statues as well as destroyed and planned ones but all have to be taller than 165 ft (50 m). Where does that leave the most famous and sadly destroyed Buddhas of Bamyan? At 55 m, they are some of the shortest! Read on to discover which one tops the list – a hint: it’s a good 500 ft!

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The Buddhist Monastery that Rises 2,500ft from a Gigantic Lava Plug

Rising majestically out of the plains of central Burma, 2,417 feet up in the air atop an ancient, sheer-sided volcanic plug, the Buddhist monastery of Popa Taungkalat surveys the surrounding scene. An amazing example of a human construction merged organically with its natural setting, Taung Kalat also draws thousands of pilgrims each year because of its great spiritual significance.

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The Sea Gypsies of the Andaman Sea

They may look like regular folks frolicking in the water on a hot summer's day, but they're really much more remarkable than that. They're the Moken, a people who are born, live and die traveling the Andaman Sea around Southern Thailand and Burma. They can dive up to an incredible depth of 75 feet with only a pair of goggles, and they know how to read the signs of the mighty ocean, enabling them to find higher ground before anyone else knew that the 2004 Tsunami would hit.

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Hypocrisy 101: A Brief Review Of Hurricane Katrina

Image from josh Miller As the death toll from the terrible cyclone that struck Myanmar climbs past 100,000, I keep thinking of the press conference that was held at the White House on Monday. First Lady Laura Bush, who from what we can tell is a fairly [...]

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Myanmar Gets Leveled By Cyclone

Images of Myanmar before (above) and after (below) (modified from Wikimedia Commons and AFP) Environmental Graffiti is, of course, the site for environmentalists who don’t take themselves too seriously. Aside from going on at PETA every once in a while, we’re happy to spread urban legends and make [...]

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