Monday, April 11, 2011

The Incredible Bolivia, South America

'The Incredible Bolivia, South America

death road

'The Incredible Bolivia, South America

Titicacasee

'The Incredible Bolivia, South America

Titicacasee - boat

'The Incredible Bolivia, South America

Potosi, Casa de la Moneda

'The Incredible Bolivia, South America

Potosi_Indian Art

'The Incredible Bolivia, South America

Moon Valley

'The Incredible Bolivia, South America

The Tree Made of Stone - Desert of Uyunir

'The Incredible Bolivia, South America

'The Incredible Bolivia, South America

Firebirds

'The Incredible Bolivia, South America

Man and the Llamas

'The Incredible Bolivia, South America

The Incredible Bolivia, South America

The cloud-scraping plateau of the Andes is an otherworldly realm where flamingos lift off from a lagoon warmed by hot springs and colored carnelian by algae.

The Incredible Bolivia, South America

Moonlight bathes Incahuasi Island, an outcropping of cacti and fossilized algae in the Uyuni salt flat.
A great lake covered this area 16,000 years ago. When it dried up, it left a 4,000-square-mile basin of salt, the world's largest such deposit.

The Incredible Bolivia, South America

To find new grazing, vicuñas dash across a corner of the Uyuni salt flat.
Just three feet tall, these animals produce wool so soft it was reserved for Inca royalty.
Hunted almost to extinction, they're now protected and making a comeback.

The Incredible Bolivia, South America

Vehicles seem to float on a shimmering salt flat flooded by summer rains.

The Incredible Bolivia, South America

Winter's relentless sun vaporizes snow to create spiky forms called nieves penitentes near the top of Pomerape Volcano,
at 20,000 feet. Snow falls lightly at such extreme altitudes in the cold, dry climate along the Bolivia-Chile border.

The Incredible Bolivia, South America

Piles of salt, scraped by pickax from the deposit at Uyuni, await transport by truck to a nearby processing plant.
How much salt does this vast basin hold? Estimates range upward from ten billion tons—just one example of Bolivia's abundant mineral wealth,
which includes tin, silver, zinc, and natural gas.

The Incredible Bolivia, South America

Rare puna flamingos make Laguna Colorada their main nesting ground.
Also known as James's flamingos, the birds were thought extinct before a 1957 expeditiondiscovered this colony, which now includes about 15,000 breeding pairs.
During winter, when the air temperature here at 14,000 feet above sea level sometimes plunges to minus 20 degrees Fahrenheit,
birds flock to the openings of the hot springs that keep Laguna Colorada warm.

The Incredible Bolivia, South America

On the Altiplano, wind erodes rock into a modernist shape perched on a narrow base.

The Incredible Bolivia, South America

The shadow of Sajama—at 21,463 feet, Bolivia's highest peak—juts over the rugged Chilean coast.
Bolivia lost access to the sea in the late 19th-century War of the Pacific, which embittered relations between the two countries.

The Incredible Bolivia, South America

Domesticated llamas spread across a spring-fed pasture at the edge of the Uyuni salt flat.
Such creatures have provided communities in the Altiplano with food, wool, and sturdy backs to bear burdens since before the time of the Inca.

A First Look Inside the New Boeing 747-8

First Look Inside the Boeing 747-8 Airplane

The 747-8 is the largest and newest 747 version, the longest passenger aircraft in the world. The 747-8 is offered in two main variants: the 747-8 Intercontinental (747-8I) for passengers and the 747-8 Freighter (747-8F) for cargo. he aircraft will be capable of carrying up to 467 passengers in a 3-class configuration over 8,000 nmi (15,000 km) at Mach 0.855.

A First Look Inside the New Boeing 747-8

The 747-8 Intercontinental will have the lowest seat-mile cost of any large commercial jetliner, with 12 per cent lower costs than its predecessor, the 747-400.
The airplane provides 16 per cent better fuel economy, 16 per cent less carbon emissions per passenger and generates a 30 per cent smaller noise footprint than the 747-400.

A First Look Inside the New Boeing 747-8

The 747-8 applies interior features from the 787 Dreamliner that includes a new curved, upswept architecture giving passengers a greater feeling of space and comfort.

A First Look Inside the New Boeing 747-8

The entrance to the plane has a wide-open foyer area that includes a curved staircase to the upper deck.

A First Look Inside the New Boeing 747-8

A First Look Inside the New Boeing 747-8

A First Look Inside the New Boeing 747-8

Korean Air has joined launch customer Lufthansa in ordering a total of 33 747-8 Intercontinentals.
First delivery of the 747-8 Intercontinental is scheduled for the fourth quarter. Air China also has agreed to order five Intercontinentals, pending government approval.

A First Look Inside the New Boeing 747-8

The Boeing design concept for the 747-8 VIP, showing view from the top of the spiral staircase, with the dining area and a ladder extending to library shelves.

A First Look Inside the New Boeing 747-8

Design concept for the 747-8 VIP showing a dining area with a spiral staircase and vaulted ceilings.

A Bunch Of Laughing Owls

Meet a bunch of laughing owls.

They are all over the Internet .

I suppose they arent really laughing but they certainly look like they are. Who knows maybe that are really laughing.

A Bunch Of Laughing Owls

A Bunch Of Laughing Owls

A Bunch Of Laughing Owls

A Bunch Of Laughing Owls

A Bunch Of Laughing Owls

A Bunch Of Laughing Owls

A Bunch Of Laughing Owls

A Bunch Of Laughing Owls

A Bunch Of Laughing Owls

A Bunch Of Laughing Owls

A Bunch Of Laughing Owls

A Bunch Of Laughing Owls

A Bunch Of Laughing Owls

A Bunch Of Laughing Owls

A Bunch Of Laughing Owls

A Bunch Of Laughing Owls

A Bunch Of Laughing Owls

A Bunch Of Laughing Owls

A Bunch Of Laughing Owls

A Bunch Of Laughing Owls

A Bunch Of Laughing Owls

A Bunch Of Laughing Owls

A Bunch Of Laughing Owls

A Bunch Of Laughing Owls

A Bunch Of Laughing Owls

A Bunch Of Laughing Owls

A Bunch Of Laughing Owls

A Bunch Of Laughing Owls

A Bunch Of Laughing Owls

A Bunch Of Laughing Owls

A Bunch Of Laughing Owls

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