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  • Funny sheep, curly wool. Hike along the River Swale from Reeth to Marske, in Yorkshire Dales National Park, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike day 9 of 14. Overnight at Kings Head Hotel in Richmond, North Yorkshire county. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • This funny sheet sold at Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, shows men twisting their bodies to form the letters of the alphabet: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z.  "The Comical HOTCH-POTCH, or the ALPHABET turned POSTURE-MASTER - Fellows form the Alphabet," artwork printed for Carington Bowles, at No. 69 St Pauls Church Yard, London.
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  • Funny women's restroom sign with arms crossed in front. Le Chable, Switzerland.
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  • Funny sign: "YOU ARE WITHIN A NO "S" AREA ANYTIME" shown on an ambiguous highway sign in Australia
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  • This funny vehicle patrols Mammoth Cave National Park, which was established in 1941 in Edmonson County, Kentucky, USA and was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981 and international Biosphere Reserve in 1990. With over 390 miles (630 km) of passageways, the Mammoth-Flint Ridge Cave System is the longest known in the world. Mammoth Cave developed in thick Mississippian-aged limestone strata capped by a layer of Big Clifty Sandstone. Descending limestone layers include the Girkin Formation, Saint Genevieve Limestone, and Saint Louis Limestone.
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  • Funny men's restroom sign with arms crossed in front. Le Chable, Switzerland.
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  • Funny clay figurines dive in pond. Stein am Rhein, Switzerland, Europe.
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  • Funny troll sculpture at Trollstigen (the Troll's Ladder) mountain road, Rauma, Reinheimen National Park, Norway
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  • During the COVID-19 pandemic, this funny sign in the Mammoth Site says "Remember! Keep a tusk-length apart!" The Mammoth Site is a fascinating museum and active paleontological site in the town of Hot Springs, in the Black Hills, South Dakota, USA. It is the largest collection of in-situ mammoth remains in the world. Sheltered within the building is an ongoing excavation of a prehistoric sinkhole filled with the remains of animals and plants preserved by entrapment and burial around 140,000 years ago, in the Late Pleistocene. Since mammoth bones were found here accidentally in 1974, the remains of 61 mammoths have been recovered (including 58 North American Columbian and 3 woolly mammoths as of 2021). Due to geological conditions after the animals were trapped, the excavated "fossil" bones are not petrified or turned to stone, so are very brittle, requiring professional handling. The Pleistocene, often referred to as the Ice Age, is the geological epoch that lasted from about 2,580,000 to 11,700 years ago, spanning the earth's most recent period of repeated glaciations. The most recent glaciation period reached peak conditions some 18,000 years ago before yielding to the interglacial Holocene epoch 11,700 years ago.
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  • An old helicopter and jeep with grabber arm for rounding up feral water buffalo are memorialized as sculpture in the Territory Wildlife Park, at Berry Springs, Northern Territory, Australia. In the 1800s, water buffalo were introduced to northern Australia for hides and meat. But after hunting them grew too expensive, the beasts became a feral, invasive species which mauled local wetlands. Unfortunately, the cost of culling wild water buffalo using jeeps and helicopters is commercially uneconomical.
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  • A Zodiac boat plies through foam at Oomari A Zodiac boat plies through foam from Oomari Falls / King George Falls in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. From Darwin in Northern Territory, we cruised the Kimberley coast aboard the Coral Geographer chartered by Wilderness Travel tour agency. The Kimberley is the northernmost of the nine regions of the state of Western Australia.
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  • Donkeys lick salt at Refuge de la Croix du Bonhomme, France, Europe. Tour du Mont Blanc (TMB) trek Day 2: hike from Les Contamines-Montjoie via Col du Bonhomme to Les Chambres du Soleil in Les Chapieux hamlet, in Bourg-Saint-Maurice commune, France (11.4 miles with 4200 feet ascent, 3000 ft descent).
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  • A child plays dress-up in 1800s costume on the DomQuartier tour, in Salzburg, Austria, Europe. With one ticket, Salzburg's DomQuartier tour covers 1300 years of Salzburg rulership history, art, music and architecture including: Audience Hall and Residenz of former prince-archbishops; Terrace of the cathedral arch; Northern Oratorio, west gallery, and organ loft in Salzburg Cathedral; Cathedral Museum; Cabinet of Art and Curiosities; Long Gallery built 1657 – 1661; and Museum of St. Peter’s Abbey. Salzburg is the fourth-largest city in Austria and is renowned for its Baroque architecture, with one of the best-preserved city centers north of the Alps. The town is on the site of the Roman settlement of Iuvavum. Salzburg was founded as an episcopal see in 696 and became a seat of the archbishop in 798. Its main sources of income were salt extraction, trade, and gold mining. The fortress of Hohensalzburg, one of the largest medieval fortresses in Europe, dates from the 11th century. In 1600s, Salzburg became a center of the Counter-Reformation, with monasteries and numerous Baroque churches built. Salzburg's Altstadt, or old town, is honored by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Busy Altstadt centers on Getreidegasse, a narrow, pedestrian street with shops selling folk costumes and antiques.
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  • Goat. Hike the beautiful Gschlöß Valley (Gschlößtal) to see the rapidly-melting Schlaten Glacier (Schlatenkees) in the Venediger Group, along the rewarding Gletscherweg Innergschloss loop trail in Hohe Tauern ("High Mountain Pass") National Park, state of Salzburg, Austria, Eastern Alps, Europe. Beautifully striated rock patterns are exposed along Schlatenbach stream. Directions: from Mittersill, drive 30 minutes south. Take the long tunnel (€13 toll each way) on FelbertauernStrasse mountain road B108, exit sharply right, then park in the pay lot at Matreier Tauernhaus. The Gletscherweg Innergschloss circuit is 6 miles with 2400 feet gain if using the taxi round trip from Matreier Tauernhaus to Innergschlöß, or else 12 miles & 3600 feet gain from Matreier Tauernhaus parking lot. In July 2023, the Innergschlöß taxis were €6 per person, every 20 minutes from 8:20am–5pm, either by fast van or slow tractor-pulled trailer, to reach Alpengasthof Venedigerhaus in Innergschlöß. At the loop's high point, optionally add Neue Prager Hut 3.2 mi with 1850 ft gain (making 9.2 mi round trip with 3850 ft gain, with taxi). If you have an extra day, hike from Innergschlöß along the Ochsnerwaldweg trail, on the mid level north side of Gschloss Valley (4 mi with 1100 ft gain round trip).
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  • A black sheep ewe minds her lambs above the Gschlöß Valley. Hike the beautiful Gschlöß Valley (Gschlößtal) to see the rapidly-melting Schlaten Glacier (Schlatenkees) in the Venediger Group, along the rewarding Gletscherweg Innergschloss loop trail in Hohe Tauern ("High Mountain Pass") National Park, state of Salzburg, Austria, Eastern Alps, Europe. Beautifully striated rock patterns are exposed along Schlatenbach stream. Directions: from Mittersill, drive 30 minutes south. Take the long tunnel (€13 toll each way) on FelbertauernStrasse mountain road B108, exit sharply right, then park in the pay lot at Matreier Tauernhaus. The Gletscherweg Innergschloss circuit is 6 miles with 2400 feet gain if using the taxi round trip from Matreier Tauernhaus to Innergschlöß, or else 12 miles & 3600 feet gain from Matreier Tauernhaus parking lot. In July 2023, the Innergschlöß taxis were €6 per person, every 20 minutes from 8:20am–5pm, either by fast van or slow tractor-pulled trailer, to reach Alpengasthof Venedigerhaus in Innergschlöß. At the loop's high point, optionally add Neue Prager Hut 3.2 mi with 1850 ft gain (making 9.2 mi round trip with 3850 ft gain, with taxi). If you have an extra day, hike from Innergschlöß along the Ochsnerwaldweg trail, on the mid level north side of Gschloss Valley (4 mi with 1100 ft gain round trip).
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  • A slurry of cow dung is sprayed to fertilize green pastures of Eng Alm, Karwendel Nature Park, Austria, Europe. Hike from beautiful Eng Alm to Falkenhütte in the Karwendel Mountains, Karwendel Nature Park, Austria, Europe. Directions: From the Vorderriss Valley, in Bavaria, Germany, turn south into  the Rißbach valley, enter Austria, and pay a fee at the Karwendel Park entrance station. Admire the beauty of Großer Ahornboden, an ancient pasture idyllicly sprinkled with maple trees under the soaring cliffs of the classic U-shaped Hinterisstal (Upper Riss Valley), carved by glaciers. Humans first settled here in 4500 BC. In 1927, Austria declared the majestic maple trees a natural monument. Park at Die Eng Alpengasthof und Naturhotel, which provides comfy accomodations. Hike up to the saddle of Hochljoch and onwards down and up to Falkenhütte (9.1 miles round trip with 3000 feet cumulative gain). This is part of Austria’s Via Alpina Red Trail (continuous with the Swiss Via Alpina).
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  • Lamalera village stages a mock whale hunt offshore of Lembata island, East Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia. Lamalera village seasonally hunts sperm whale and other deep-sea species for subsistence. This 600-year hunting tradition using only sail and paddle power is allowed under International Whaling Commission regulations concerning aboriginal whaling. Some conservationists worry that commercial whaling also takes place, and that hunters use their engine-powered boats year round to catch other protected species such as manta rays, orcas, dolphins and oceanic sharks. However, Lamalera and Lamakera (on the neighbouring island of Solor) are the last two remaining Indonesian whaling communities.
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  • Three people ride a motorcycle, Flores Island, East Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia. The name Flores is the Portuguese and Spanish word for "Flowers".
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  • After the month of Ramadan is Eid al-Fitr week — “Holiday of Breaking the Fast” —<br />
when public servants take leave. On Flores island, we visited popular Kelimutu National Park on Monday, April 24, 2023, one of the Muslim Eid holidays, granting leaves for public servants. Flores has 1.5 million people—60% Roman Catholic and 40% Muslim. Catholicism's prominence on Flores island comes from its colonization by Portugal in the east and early 1900s support by the Dutch in the west.
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  • Nitmiluk (Katherine Gorge) is easily experienced on a scenic boat tour in Nitmiluk National Park, Katherine region, Northern Territory, Australia. Nitmiluk National Park is on the lands of the Jawoyn people — 290km south of Darwin and 60km north of Katherine. Nitmiluk means "place of the cicada dreaming."
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  • A cruise attendant holds a handfull of wine glasses aboard the Coral Geographer, Kimberley Coast, Western Australia. From Darwin in Northern Territory, we cruised the Kimberley coast of Western Australia aboard the Coral Geographer chartered by Wilderness Travel tour agency. The Kimberley is the northernmost of the nine regions of the state of Western Australia.
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  • Nitmiluk (Katherine Gorge) is easily experienced on a scenic boat tour in Nitmiluk National Park, Katherine region, Northern Territory, Australia. Nitmiluk National Park is on the lands of the Jawoyn people — 290km south of Darwin and 60km north of Katherine. Nitmiluk means "place of the cicada dreaming."
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  • Nitmiluk (Katherine Gorge) is easily experienced on a scenic boat tour in Nitmiluk National Park, Katherine region, Northern Territory, Australia. Nitmiluk National Park is on the lands of the Jawoyn people — 290km south of Darwin and 60km north of Katherine. Nitmiluk means "place of the cicada dreaming."
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  • Edith Falls Upper Pool. Leliyn (Edith Falls) in Nitmiluk National Park is 290km south of Darwin or 60km north of Katherine on a sealed road, in Northern Territory, Australia. Nitmiluk National Park is on the lands of the Jawoyn people.
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  • Pedestrian tunnel through the Oceanarium tank at Cairns Aquarium, Queensland, Australia
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  • Passengers of the Coral Geographer—total solar eclipse April 20, 2023—Timor Sea, Kimberley Coast, Western Australia. From Darwin in Northern Territory, we cruised the Kimberley coast of Western Australia aboard the Coral Geographer chartered by Wilderness Travel tour agency. The Kimberley is the northernmost of the nine regions of the state of Western Australia. Photo by Leila Thompson.
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  • Zodiac ride on the Horizontal Waterfall of Talbot Bay (Ganbadba) in the Kimberley, Western Australia. Notice the line of dark gray stains marking tide levels on the red sandstone. From Darwin in Northern Territory, we cruised the Kimberley coast of Western Australia aboard the Coral Geographer chartered by Wilderness Travel tour agency. The Kimberley is the northernmost of the nine regions of the state of Western Australia.
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  • In the half hour before totality, the thin crescent sun's rays make shadows sharp in one direction but fuzzy at a 90 degree angle to that (blurry when perpendicular to the axis of the crescent), clearly shown by finger shadows. View the total solar eclipse of April 20, 2023 from a ship in the Timor Sea off the coast of the Kimberley, Western Australia. From Darwin in Northern Territory, we cruised the Kimberley coast of Western Australia aboard the Coral Geographer chartered by Wilderness Travel tour agency. The Kimberley is the northernmost of the nine regions of the state of Western Australia.
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  • During low tide, a torrent of seawater cascades out of the emergent Montgomery Reef, the world's largest inshore reef. At low ebb, the entire reef platform emerges from the ocean, creating a vast spectacle—hundreds of waterfalls pouring seawater up to 13 feet vertically down the exposed reef. Situated between Camden Sound and Collier Bay, Montgomery Reef forms part of Lalang-garram/Camden Sound Marine Park, along the Kimberley coast of Western Australia. "Inshore" is defined as sea areas within 9 miles from land and up to 90 meters deep.  From Darwin in Northern Territory, we cruised the Kimberley coast of Western Australia aboard the Coral Geographer chartered by Wilderness Travel tour agency. The Kimberley is the northernmost of the nine regions of the state of Western Australia.
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  • Remote beach wet landing by Zodiac boat to see the Wandjina Art Gallery on Wollaston Bay, along the Kimberley coast of Western Australia. From Darwin in Northern Territory, we cruised the Kimberley coast of Western Australia aboard the Coral Geographer chartered by Wilderness Travel tour agency. The Kimberley is the northernmost of the nine regions of the state of Western Australia.
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  • Ancient rock painting at Wandjina Art Gallery on Wollaston Bay, along the Kimberley coast of Western Australia. From Darwin in Northern Territory, we cruised the Kimberley coast of Western Australia aboard the Coral Geographer chartered by Wilderness Travel tour agency. The Kimberley is the northernmost of the nine regions of the state of Western Australia.
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  • On April 15, 2023, heavy outflow from recent Tropical Cyclone Ilsa plunged 80 meters in Oomari Falls / King George Falls, which we explored by Zodiac boat in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. This is the eastern branch of the dual falls. From Darwin in Northern Territory, we cruised the Kimberley coast aboard the Coral Geographer chartered by Wilderness Travel tour agency. The Kimberley is the northernmost of the nine regions of the state of Western Australia.
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  • A Zodiac boat cruises under a misty rainbow at Oomari Falls / King George Falls in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. From Darwin in Northern Territory, we cruised the Kimberley coast aboard the Coral Geographer chartered by Wilderness Travel tour agency. The Kimberley is the northernmost of the nine regions of the state of Western Australia.
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  • Ocean Safari offers the quickest commute to the Great Barrier Reef—25 minutes. In April 2023, we enjoyed the morning snorkeling tour from Cape Tribulation, in Queensland, Australia. The Great Barrier Reef, the world's largest coral reef system, is honored on UNESCO's World Heritage List. Due to climate change and coral bleaching, the reef lost half of its coral cover between 1995 and 2017. By the end of the pandemic years 2020-2022, reef life temporarily bounced back due to pause in humans overfishing.
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  • Garden gnomes in Val Ferret, near Orsières, Switzerland, Europe. Tour du Mont Blanc (TMB) trek Day 7: hike from Hotel Edelweiss in La Fouly to Hotel du Glacier in Champex-Lac, Switzerland, Europe (9.3 miles with 1585 feet ascent, 1910 ft descent).
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  • It looks like a two-headed turkey! Wild turkeys in Pinnacles Campground in Bear Valley. Pinnacles National Park, California, USA
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  • Cows at Seebensee, Ehrwald, Tyrol, Austria, Europe. In Austria's state of Tyrol, a lift above Ehrwald reaches the trailhead for popular Seebensee. Tom ascended further to Coburger Hut and around Drachensee (round trip 9.5 miles with 2270 feet gain).
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  • Wet statue in Mirabell Palace Gardens, setting for "The Sound of Music"film 1965 (based on the famous 1959 stage musical), Salzburg, Austria, Europe. Salzburg is the fourth-largest city in Austria and is renowned for its Baroque architecture, with one of the best-preserved city centers north of the Alps. The town is on the site of the Roman settlement of Iuvavum. Salzburg was founded as an episcopal see in 696 and became a seat of the archbishop in 798. Its main sources of income were salt extraction, trade, and gold mining.
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  • A "curly coo" (Highland cow), seen on the Cadini di Misurina loop hike via Rifugio Savio (5-mile circuit with 1850 feet gain) from Chalet Lago d’Antorno Trailhead in the Sesto Dolomites, near Cortina d'Ampezzo, Belluno province, Italy, Europe. The Highland (Hielan coo in Scots) is a hardy Scottish breed of rustic cattle with long horns and a long shaggy coat. It originated in the Scottish Highlands and the Western Islands of Scotland. The first herd-book dates from 1885, when two types – a smaller island type, usually black, and a larger mainland type, usually dun – were registered as a single breed. It is reared primarily for beef, and has been exported to several other countries.
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  • Sasando (Lontar palm harp or zither) performance, Tablolong Bay, near Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara province, West Timor, Indonesia.
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  • A whale hunting dance ceremony is performed by men, some wearing ikat fabric skirts, in the traditional whaling village of Lamalera, island of Lembata, East Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia. Lamalera village hunts sperm whale and other deep-sea species for subsistence. This 600-year hunting tradition using only sail and paddle power is allowed under International Whaling Commission regulations concerning aboriginal whaling. Some conservationists worry that commercial whaling also takes place, and that hunters use their engine-powered boats year round to catch other protected species such as manta rays, orcas, dolphins and oceanic sharks. However, Lamalera and Lamakera (on the neighbouring island of Solor) are the last two remaining Indonesian whaling communities. Ikat is an elaborate Indonesian fabric-creation technique where resist dyeing of the yarns prior to further dyeing and weaving makes uniquely patterned textiles.
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  • Women wearing ikat fabric skirts and pink or green blouses balance baskets on their heads during a symbolic dance celebrating their intra-island barter economy, in the traditional whaling village of Lamalera, on the island of Lembata, East Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia. Ikat is an elaborate Indonesian fabric-creation technique where resist dyeing of the yarns prior to further dyeing and weaving makes uniquely patterned textiles. Lamalera village still hunts sperm whale and other deep-sea species for subsistence. This 600-year hunting tradition using only sail and paddle power is allowed under International Whaling Commission regulations concerning aboriginal whaling. Some conservationists worry that commercial whaling also takes place, and that hunters use their engine-powered boats year round to catch other protected species such as manta rays, orcas, dolphins and oceanic sharks. However, Lamalera and Lamakera (on the neighbouring island of Solor) are the last two remaining Indonesian whaling communities.
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  • On Flores island, we visited popular Kelimutu National Park on Monday, April 24, 2023, one of the Muslim Eid holidays, granting leaves for public servants. After the month of Ramadan is Eid al-Fitr week—“Holiday of Breaking the Fast”—when public servants take leave. Flores has 1.5 million people—60% Roman Catholic and 40% Muslim. While Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim-majority country and is 86% Muslim, Flores island is predominantly Catholic due to its colonization by Portugal in the east and its early 1900s support by the Dutch in the west.
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  • Visitors pose for photos above turquoise crater lakes, in Kelimutu National Park, Flores Island, East Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia. After the month of Ramadan is Eid al-Fitr week — “Holiday of Breaking the Fast” —when public servants take leave. On Flores island, we visited popular Kelimutu National Park on Monday, April 24, 2023, one of the Muslim Eid holidays. Flores has 1.5 million people—60% Roman Catholic and 40% Muslim. Catholicism's prominence on Flores island comes from its colonization by Portugal in the east and early 1900s support by the Dutch in the west.
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  • Kelimutu National Park, Flores Island, East Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia. The multicolored crater lakes of Kelimutu can change to blue, green, pink, or brown. The name Flores is the Portuguese and Spanish word for "Flowers".
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  • Baruwei Lookout loop walk, Nitmiluk (Katherine) Gorge, Nitmiluk National Park, Katherine region, Northern Territory, Australia. Nitmiluk National Park is on the lands of the Jawoyn people — 290km south of Darwin and 60km north of Katherine on a sealed road, in Northern Territory, Australia. Nitmiluk means "place of the cicada dreaming."
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  • After the month of Ramadan is Eid al-Fitr week — “Holiday of Breaking the Fast”  — when public servants take leave. On Flores island, we visited popular Kelimutu National Park on Monday, April 24, 2023, one of the Muslim Eid holidays. Flores has 1.5 million people—60% Roman Catholic and 40% Muslim. Catholicism's prominence on Flores island comes from its colonization by Portugal in the east and early 1900s support by the Dutch in the west.
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  • Our group walks down a hill trail on Indonesia's Komodo Island in view of our ship. Indonesia's Komodo Island hosts the world's largest lizards – Komodo dragons (Varanus komodoensis). Komodo National Park is honored on UNESCO's World Heritage List. From Darwin in Northern Territory, we cruised from the Kimberley coast of Western Australia to Indonesia, aboard the Coral Geographer chartered by Wilderness Travel tour agency.
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  • Nitmiluk (Katherine Gorge) is easily experienced on a scenic boat tour in Nitmiluk National Park, Katherine region, Northern Territory, Australia. Nitmiluk National Park is on the lands of the Jawoyn people — 290km south of Darwin and 60km north of Katherine. Nitmiluk means "place of the cicada dreaming."
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  • Panorama from the spine of Padar Island (Pulau Padar), Komodo National Park, Indonesia. Komodo National Park is honored on UNESCO's World Heritage List. From Darwin in Northern Territory, we cruised from the Kimberley coast of Western Australia to Indonesia, aboard the Coral Geographer chartered by Wilderness Travel tour agency. The Kimberley is the northernmost of the nine regions of the state of Western Australia.
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  • The Kuranda Scenic Railway crosses a bridge over Stoney Creek on its return to Freshwater and Cairns Stations in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. In this downward direction, find a seat on the righthand side to see Stoney Creek Falls, where the train slows for an impressive view. To more safely link a rich gold mining area to the sea, the Kuranda Railway was built in 1891 from Cairns, over the Great Dividing Range, to the town of Kuranda on the Atherton Tableland. A fun loop ticket starts at the Skyrail Rainforest Cableway's Smithfield Terminal to reach Kuranda village, goes via train to Freshwater Station in Cairns, and returns to Smithfield via bus (or reverse).
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  • Zodiac launch from Coral Geographer, Talbot Bay (Ganbadba) in the Kimberley, Western Australia. From Darwin in Northern Territory, we cruised the Kimberley coast of Western Australia aboard the Coral Geographer chartered by Wilderness Travel tour agency. The Kimberley is the northernmost of the nine regions of the state of Western Australia.
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  • A young girl feeds a Mareeba rock-wallaby mother carrying her joey in her pouch, at Granite Gorge Nature Park, in the Atherton Tablelands, near Mareeba, Queensland, Australia. These rare and endangered Mareeba rock-wallabies readily approach visitors for a handout, as this private park sells food pellets.
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  • In Darwin, the Cage of Death exhibit at Crocosaurus Cove thrills visitors with a close encounter with a saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus), in Northern Territory, Australia. Also known as estuarine crocodiles, they're the world's largest reptile. Living up to 80 years, saltwater crocodiles can grow up to 23 feet long and 2,200 pounds. This ancient species first appeared in its present form 240+ million years ago. The name "crocodile" comes from the Greek word krokodeilos, "pebble worm." Previously hunted almost to the point of extinction, in 1971 they became a protected species, ensuring healthy populations today. Crocosaurus Cove also displays the world’s largest collection of Australian reptiles.
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  • Stepping into the water with fins and snorkel. Ocean Safari offers the quickest commute to the Great Barrier Reef—25 minutes. In April 2023, we enjoyed the morning snorkeling tour from Cape Tribulation, in Queensland, Australia. The Great Barrier Reef, the world's largest coral reef system, is honored on UNESCO's World Heritage List. Due to climate change and coral bleaching, the reef lost half of its coral cover between 1995 and 2017.
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  • Cherry blossoms blooming on April 5, 2023 in Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Cherry blossoms & tulips blooming on April 5, 2023 in Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden, Tokyo, Japan
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  • A gnome enlightens the route. Swiss Via Alpina 1, Day 1: hike from Mels (near Sargans) to Hotel Gemse Wiesstannen. Switzerland, Europe.
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  • A half cow sculpture emerges from a wall at Col Chécrouit, Courmayeur, Italy, Europe. Tour du Mont Blanc (TMB) trek Day 4: hike from Elisabetta Refuge in Val Veny to Hotel Pavillion in Courmayeur (walking 6.9 miles with 1600 feet ascent and 2320 ft descent along the main TMB ridge route to Rifugio Maison Vieille, then taking the chairlift from Col Chécrouit and gondola lift down to Dolonne).
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  • A cow licks its nose near Les Contamines-Montjoie, in. France, Europe. Tour du Mont Blanc (TMB) trek Day 2: hike from Les Contamines-Montjoie via Col du Bonhomme to Les Chambres du Soleil in Les Chapieux hamlet, in Bourg-Saint-Maurice commune, France (11.4 miles with 4200 feet ascent, 3000 ft descent).
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  • Suspended boulder. Bear Gulch Cave Trail. Pinnacles National Park, California, USA
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  • Carhenge sunrise. Carhenge replicates England's Stonehenge using vintage American automobiles, near Alliance, Nebraska, in the High Plains region, USA. After studying Stonehenge in England, years later, Jim Reinders recreated the physical size and placement of Stonehenge's standing stones in summer 1987, helped by 35 family members. Reinders said, "It took a lot of blood, sweat, and beers." Carhenge was built as a memorial to Reinders' father. 39 automobiles were arranged in the same proportions as Stonehenge with the circle measuring a slightly smaller 96 feet (29m) in diameter. Some autos are held upright in pits five feet deep, trunk end down, while other cars are placed to form the arches and welded in place. All are covered with gray spray paint. The heel stone is a 1962 Cadillac. Reinders donated Carhenge to the Friends of Carhenge, who gifted it to the Citizens of Alliance in 2013.
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  • The Beaver Sculpture by Alex Lojczyc arrived at Beaverlodge in 2004, on Highway 43, County of Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada. This statue is of a North American beaver (Castor canadensis). [By the way, the now-extinct Giant Beaver (Castoroides ohioensis) was the largest rodent ever in North America. It lived from 130,000-10,000 years ago, in the Pleistocene Epoch. Skeletal remains of this extinct rodent were first discovered in 1837. Castoroides ohioensis measured up to 8 feet long, weighing 480 pounds, and differed in appearance from the modern sculpture pictured here.]
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  • A curious kea bites a car tire. The kea (Nestor notabilis) is the world's only alpine parrot. In 1986, it received full protection under the Wildlife Act. The kea is one of ten endemic parrot species in New Zealand. Kea are known for their intelligence and curiosity, both vital to their survival in a harsh mountain environment. Kea can solve logical puzzles, such as pushing and pulling things in a certain order to get to food, and will work together to achieve a certain objective. They have been filmed preparing and using tools. Photographed at Homer Tunnel, Fiordland National Park, Southland region, South Island of New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
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  • The maxim "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" was popularized from the 1600s carving of the proverbial three wise monkeys on a storehouse in Toshogu shrine in Nikko, Japan. One interpretation is to be of good mind, speech and action. But in the Western world, the phrase often refers to those who deal with impropriety by turning a blind eye. The monkeys are Japanese macaques, a common species in Japan. The three monkeys are Mizaru, covering his eyes, who sees no evil; Kikazaru, covering his ears, who hears no evil; and Iwazaru, covering his mouth, who speaks no evil. Outside of Japan, the last two of the monkeys' names have sometimes been corrupted, resulting in Mizaru, Mikazaru and Mazaru. Hidari Jingoro may have carved these panels to incorporate Confucius's Code of Conduct, using the monkey as a way to depict man's life cycle. Out of eight panels, the iconic three wise monkeys are panel 2. The philosophy likely originated with a Tendai-Buddhist legend, from China in the 700s (Nara Period). The figures may represent the three dogmas of the so-called middle school of the sect. Toshogu Shrine is the final resting place of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate that ruled Japan for over 250 years until 1868. Ieyasu is enshrined at Toshogu as the deity Tosho Daigongen, "Great Deity of the East Shining Light". Initially a relatively simple mausoleum, Toshogu was enlarged into the spectacular complex seen today by Ieyasu's grandson Iemitsu during the first half of the 1600s. The lavishly decorated shrine complex consists of more than a dozen buildings set in a beautiful forest. Toshogu contains both Shinto and Buddhist elements, as was common until the Meiji Period when Shinto was deliberately separated from Buddhism. Toshogu is part of Shrines and Temples of Nikko UNESCO World Heritage site.
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  • Atop the Quiraing plateau, my shoe stuck in sucky mud. The Quiraing (or Cuith-Raing in Gaelic, from Norse words meaning "round fold") is a landslip on the eastern face of Meall na Suiramach, the northernmost summit of the Trotternish Peninsula on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe. We hiked a muddy loop on the Quiraing, 4.5 miles with 1200 feet gain. The Trotternish Ridge escarpment was formed by a great series of landslips, of which the Quiraing portion is still moving, causing the road at its base, near Flodigarry, to require repairs each year.
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  • Face in giant tropical leaf. The exquisite Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden near Hilo is my favorite garden in the Hawaiian Islands! Delightful paths and boardwalks take you through a soothing green tropical wonderland endowed with streams (Alakahi Stream, Boulder Creek), waterfalls (Onomea Falls) and oceanfront vistas across Onomea Bay. Purchased in 1977 and transformed over 8 backbreaking years by Dan and Pauline Lutkenhouse, the garden opened to the public in 1984 and was donated to a nonprofit trust in 1995. On the Big Island, a few minutes north of Hilo off of Route 19, take the narrow four-mile Pepe'ekeo Scenic Drive which winds along coastal cliffs, across one-lane wooden bridges over picturesque waterfalls, to reach this peaceful oasis. The garden grows over 2000 plant species, representing more than 125 families and 750 genera, with diverse palms (nearly 200 species), heliconias (80+ species) and bromeliads (80+ species). Address: 27-717 Old Mamalahoa Highway, Papaikou, HI 96781, USA. For this photo’s licensing options, please inquire.
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  • Exploding head graboid puppet from the 1990 film "Tremors" starring Kevin Bacon. Fans of movies and television shouldn't miss the Museum of Western Film History, 701 S. Main Street, Lone Pine, California, 93545, USA. (Formerly called the Beverly and Jim Rogers Museum of Lone Pine Film History.) Web site: www.lonepinefilmhistorymuseum.org
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  • Sheep with bells and blue ear tags greet you on Skåla mountain trail near Loen, Norway.
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  • The giant short-faced bear (Arctodus sumus) was the largest land carnivore in North America during the Ice Age. See this full-scale skeleton in the the Mammoth Site, a fascinating museum and active paleontological site in the town of Hot Springs, in the Black Hills, South Dakota, USA. Sheltered within the building is an ongoing excavation of a prehistoric sinkhole filled with the remains of animals and plants preserved by entrapment and burial around 140,000 years ago, in the Late Pleistocene. The Pleistocene, often referred to as the Ice Age, is the geological epoch that lasted from about 2,580,000 to 11,700 years ago, spanning the earth's most recent period of repeated glaciations. The most recent glaciation period reached peak conditions some 18,000 years ago before yielding to the interglacial Holocene epoch 11,700 years ago.
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  • A beardog skeleton wears a pandemic mask in a diorama at Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, Nebraska, USA. The beardog (Daphoenodon superbus) was the most common carnivore at the Agate waterhole site 20 million years ago, preying upon juvenile rhinos, camels, and oreodonts. Agate Fossil Beds National Monument boasts some of the most well-preserved Miocene fossils in the world. The park is near Harrison, Nebraska, USA. Agate’s grass-covered plains and flat-top buttes represent 20 million years of natural history. This valley of the Niobrara River contains important fossils found on Carnegie Hill and University Hill.
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  • Clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris). Oregon Coast Aquarium, Newport, Oregon, USA.
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  • Rusting V8 truck with flat tire in Benton Hot Springs, Mono County, California, USA. Benton Hot Springs (elevation 5630 feet) saw its heyday from 1862 to 1889 as a supply center for nearby mines. At the end of the 1800s, the town declined and the name Benton was transferred to nearby Benton Station.
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  • A large poodle dog with a pack. Hike to Shadow Lake (7.5 miles,  1200 ft gain) in Ansel Adams Wilderness, Inyo National Forest. Mammoth Lakes, California, USA.
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  • Ritter & Banner Peaks rise behind hikers doing yoga tree pose on Mammoth Crest. Inyo National Forest, Mammoth Lakes, California, USA. We hiked from Lake George Trailhead to Crystal Lake (side trip) and Mammoth Crest for 7 miles with 2000 ft gain.
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  • A crayfish at Secret Lake. We hiked Leavitt Meadows Loop clockwise (8.9 miles with 1570 ft gain with ridge extension above Lane Lake) in Hoover Wilderness, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, California, USA. Trailhead is at Leavitt Meadows Campground, 38.33401 N, 119.55177 W. Staying below 8000 ft elevation, this makes a good training hike. The best ambiance is at Secret Lake. Roosevelt and Lane Lakes provide pleasant views.
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  • A juvenile mountain goat crosses the road in Spearfish Canyon, South Dakota, USA. The mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus, or Rocky Mountain Goat) is a large-hoofed mammal found only in North America. It is an even-toed ungulate in the family Bovidae, in subfamily Caprinae (goat-antelopes), in the Oreamnos genus, but is NOT a true "goat."
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  • Scultpure of a black-necked swan (Cygnus melancoryphus), the largest waterfowl native to South America. Marble Chapel Nature Sanctuary (Capillas de Mármol), General Carrera Lake, Puerto Rio Tranquilo, Chile, Patagonia, South America.
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  • Black-faced ibis / Theristicus melanopis / bandurria in Spanish. Bariloche, Argentina, South America.
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  • Black-faced ibis / Theristicus melanopis / bandurria in Spanish. Bariloche, Argentina, South America.
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  • This Pine Squirrel, also known as a Chickaree (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus), chattered loudly while eating a cone. Sunshine Campground, Uncompahgre National Forest, near Telluride, Colorado, USA.
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  • Carhenge sunrise. Carhenge replicates England's Stonehenge using vintage American automobiles, near Alliance, Nebraska, in the High Plains region, USA. After studying Stonehenge in England, years later, Jim Reinders recreated the physical size and placement of Stonehenge's standing stones in summer 1987, helped by 35 family members. Reinders said, "It took a lot of blood, sweat, and beers." Carhenge was built as a memorial to Reinders' father. 39 automobiles were arranged in the same proportions as Stonehenge with the circle measuring a slightly smaller 96 feet (29m) in diameter. Some autos are held upright in pits five feet deep, trunk end down, while other cars are placed to form the arches and welded in place. All are covered with gray spray paint. The heel stone is a 1962 Cadillac. Reinders donated Carhenge to the Friends of Carhenge, who gifted it to the Citizens of Alliance in 2013.
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  • Carhenge sunrise. Carhenge replicates England's Stonehenge using vintage American automobiles, near Alliance, Nebraska, in the High Plains region, USA. After studying Stonehenge in England, years later, Jim Reinders recreated the physical size and placement of Stonehenge's standing stones in summer 1987, helped by 35 family members. Reinders said, "It took a lot of blood, sweat, and beers." Carhenge was built as a memorial to Reinders' father. 39 automobiles were arranged in the same proportions as Stonehenge with the circle measuring a slightly smaller 96 feet (29m) in diameter. Some autos are held upright in pits five feet deep, trunk end down, while other cars are placed to form the arches and welded in place. All are covered with gray spray paint. The heel stone is a 1962 Cadillac. Reinders donated Carhenge to the Friends of Carhenge, who gifted it to the Citizens of Alliance in 2013.  This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Evening twilight at Carhenge, Alliance, Nebraska, High Plains region, USA. Carhenge replicates England's Stonehenge using vintage American automobiles, near Alliance. After studying Stonehenge in England, years later, Jim Reinders recreated the physical size and placement of Stonehenge's standing stones in summer 1987, helped by 35 family members. Reinders said, "It took a lot of blood, sweat, and beers." Carhenge was built as a memorial to Reinders' father. 39 automobiles were arranged in the same proportions as Stonehenge with the circle measuring a slightly smaller 96 feet (29m) in diameter. Some autos are held upright in pits five feet deep, trunk end down, while other cars are placed to form the arches and welded in place. All are covered with gray spray paint. The heel stone is a 1962 Cadillac. Reinders donated Carhenge to the Friends of Carhenge, who gifted it to the Citizens of Alliance in 2013. Additional sculptures have been erected in the Car Art Reserve, where Reinders' "Ford Seasons" is comprised of four Fords, inspired by Vivaldi's Four Seasons. Also, 29-year-old Canadian Geoff Sandhurst sculpted a spawning salmon. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • "CAUTION GOPHER HOLES" sign, seen from Southern Yellowhead Highway BC-5, south of Valemount,  in the Monashee Mountains, part of the Columbia Mountains, British Columbia, Canada.
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  • Hammers form spokes of a penny-farthing bicycle wheel. Hammer Museum, Haines, Alaska, USA
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  • Alaskan husband trainer (cast-iron pan) and husband-tamer (wood mallet) hammers, at the Hammer Museum, in Haines, Alaska, USA
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  • Hammer Museum, Haines, Alaska, USA
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  • Hammer Museum, Haines, Alaska, USA
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  • "Tourists Crossing" sign shows a bear delightfully chasing a person with camera. Cottonwood RV Park, Kluane Lake, Yukon, Canada.
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  • The "Golden Heart Review" musical comedy is held nightly at the Palace Theatre in Gold Rush Town, Pioneer Park (Alaska’s only Historic Theme Park), Fairbanks, Alaska, USA. Through songs and stories, the polished, professional cast covers the historical highlights of Fairbanks, also known as "The Golden Heart City".  Pioneer Park, run by the Fairbanks North Star Borough Department of Parks and Recreation, commemorates early Alaskan history with museums and historic displays. Pioneer Park was opened in 1967 as Alaska 67 Centennial Exposition to celebrate the centennial of the Alaska Purchase. After being given first to the state and then to the city, Mayor Red Boucher renamed the site Alaskaland, which was changed to its present name in 2001.
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  • "Great Alaska Outhouse Experience" 2005 artwork by Craig N. Buchanan is made of found materials and historical objects. Dramatic architecture and distinctive exhibit galleries make the Museum of the North a must-see destination at the University of Alaska, in Fairbanks, Alaska, USA. To license this Copyright photo, please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.
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  • Metal chicken sculpture & distance signpost for Chicken, Alaska, USA. Chicken is one of the few surviving gold rush towns in Alaska. Mining and tourism keep it alive in the summer, and about 17 people stay through the winter. Gold miners settling here in the late 1800s wanted to name it after the local ptarmigan birds, but couldn't agree on the spelling, so instead called it Chicken to avoid embarrassment. A portion of Chicken including early 1900s buildings and the F.E. Company Dredge No. 4 (Pedro Dredge) is listed as the Chicken Historic District on the National Register of Historical Places. Chicken can be reached via Chicken Airport or Alaska Route 5, the Taylor Highway, which is not maintained from mid-October through mid-March.
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  • F.E. Company Dredge No. 4 (Pedro Dredge) ran 1938-1967 near Fairbanks & here in Chicken, Alaska, USA. Chicken is one of the few surviving gold rush towns in Alaska. Mining and tourism keep it alive in the summer, and about 17 people stay through the winter. Gold miners settling here in the late 1800s wanted to name it after the local ptarmigan birds, but couldn't agree on the spelling, so instead called it Chicken to avoid embarrassment. A portion of Chicken including early 1900s buildings and the F.E. Company Dredge No. 4 (Pedro Dredge) is listed as the Chicken Historic District on the National Register of Historical Places. Chicken can be reached via Chicken Airport or Alaska Route 5, the Taylor Highway, which is not maintained from mid-October through mid-March. To license this Copyright photo, please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.
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  • Small green house on wheels. Dawson City was the center of the Klondike Gold Rush (1896–99), after which population rapidly declined, in Yukon, Canada. Dawson City shrank further during World War II after the Alaska Highway bypassed it 300 miles (480 km) to the south using Whitehorse as a hub. In 1953, Whitehorse replaced Dawson City as Yukon Territory's capital. Dawson City's population dropped to 600–900 through the 1960s-1970s, but later increased as high gold prices made modern placer mining operations profitable and tourism was promoted. In Yukon, the Klondike Highway is marked as Yukon Highway 2 to Dawson City.
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  • "The mother looks to the future while the new child looks at her with trust." Hidari Jingoro may have carved these panels to incorporate Confucius's Code of Conduct, using the monkey as a way to depict man's life cycle. Art work on storehouse in Toshogu shrine in Nikko, Japan. The monkeys are Japanese macaques, a common species in Japan. Toshogu Shrine is the final resting place of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate that ruled Japan for over 250 years until 1868. Ieyasu is enshrined at Toshogu as the deity Tosho Daigongen, "Great Deity of the East Shining Light". Initially a relatively simple mausoleum, Toshogu was enlarged into the spectacular complex seen today by Ieyasu's grandson Iemitsu during the first half of the 1600s. The lavishly decorated shrine complex consists of more than a dozen buildings set in a beautiful forest. Toshogu contains both Shinto and Buddhist elements, as was common until the Meiji Period when Shinto was deliberately separated from Buddhism. Toshogu is part of Shrines and Temples of Nikko UNESCO World Heritage site.
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  • The kea (Nestor notabilis) is the world's only alpine parrot. In 1986, it received full protection under the Wildlife Act. The kea is one of ten endemic parrot species in New Zealand. Kea are known for their intelligence and curiosity, both vital to their survival in a harsh mountain environment. Kea can solve logical puzzles, such as pushing and pulling things in a certain order to get to food, and will work together to achieve a certain objective. They have been filmed preparing and using tools. Photographed at Homer Tunnel, Fiordland National Park, Southland region, South Island of New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
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  • The kea (Nestor notabilis) is the world's only alpine parrot. In 1986, it received full protection under the Wildlife Act. The kea is one of ten endemic parrot species in New Zealand. Kea are known for their intelligence and curiosity, both vital to their survival in a harsh mountain environment. Kea can solve logical puzzles, such as pushing and pulling things in a certain order to get to food, and will work together to achieve a certain objective. They have been filmed preparing and using tools. Photographed at Homer Tunnel, Fiordland National Park, Southland region, South Island of New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
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  • Young kids in school uniforms parade through Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden, Tokyo, Japan. Shinjuku Gyoen originated during the Edo Period (1603-1867) as a feudal lord's Tokyo residence. Later it was converted into a botanical garden before being transferred to the Imperial Family in 1903 who used used it for recreation and the entertainment of guests. The park was almost completely destroyed during World War II, but was eventually rebuilt and reopened in 1949 as a public park. Access Shinjuku Gyoen park via three gates: Shinjuku Gate is a ten minute walk east from the "New South Exit" of JR Shinjuku Station or a five minute walk from Shinjukugyoenmae Station on the Marunouchi Subway Line. Okido Gate is a five minute walk from Shinjukugyoenmae Station on the Marunouchi Subway Line. Sendagaya Gate is a five minute walk from JR Sendagaya Station on the local Chuo/Sobu Line.
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  • Wash hands atop toilets after flushing. Lodging in Kyoto, Japan.
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