Tag: water
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Baatara gorge waterfall is Lebanon’s best-kept secret
Like Peru’s Waterfall of the Bride, the Baatara gorge waterfall is one of Lebanon’s best-kept secrets. Located in the Tannourine Cedars Nature Reserve, the waterfall is accessible via a short hike on the Lebanon Mountain Trail through the forest. The views from the top are breathtaking, and the waterfall is an impressive sight. The Baatara…
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The crystal clear waters of Blue Nelson Lake, New Zealand
The Blue Lake in Nelson, New Zealand, or Rotomairewhenua (“land of peaceful waters” in Māori name), contains the clearest natural body of fresh water on Earth. The water is so lucid, as visually transparent as distilled water, that one can see down up to 262 feet down into the lake. The beautiful Southern Alps surrounding…
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How Australia’s Lake Hillier gets its pink color
Lake Hillier located off the south coast of Western Australia (Middle Island) is an iconic lake known for its vivid pink color. Scientists postulate that the lake’s solid bubblegum color results from the intermixing of Halobacteria and a salt-tolerant algae species called Dunaliella Salina. When mixed with salt-tolerant microalgae, the bacteria produce red pigments that…
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A navigational nightmare: Watch a time-lapse of Port of Amsterdam
The Port of Amsterdam in the Netherlands is the 4th busiest port by metric tons of cargo in Europe. As you can see in the time-lapse of traffic patterns, navigation looks nearly impossible to control on a daily basis. So we did some digging to find out if this sort of nautical chaos was normal.…
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The world’s first underwater hotel
The Muraka hotel in the Maldives is the world’s first underwater hotel in the world. With two-story rooms submerged 16 feet below sea-level in the Indian ocean, the residency also boasts an incredible price point: $50,000 per night! According to Archpaper, the villas were constructed with the latest technology: The construction of The Muraka was…