7 Wonders of the World

Background: Ask someone what the biggest waterfall in the world is called and a lot of the time, they’ll answer ‘Niagara Falls’. While it’s certainly large, Angel Falls is in fact the highest, and Victoria Falls is the longest; stretching over 1700 meters. Located between Zambia and Zimbabwe in Southern Africa, Victoria Falls is the [...]

Background: Also known as Parķutin volcano, this natural structure earned its status as one of the seven wonders of the natural world due to the speed at which it formed itself. Over just nine years it grew to the height of 3170 meters and farmers who lived and worked in the nearby area at the [...]

Background: The seven wonders of the natural world do not all have to be on the ground, or even be physical structures that can be touched and the Aurora Borealis is the perfect example of that. These lights that occur mainly in the northern hemisphere of planet Earth (hence their alternative name ‘the northern lights’) [...]

Background: Neighboring countries Nepal and Tibet are separated in a very unique way; 8850 meters up on the mountain ridge of Mount Everest in the Himalayas, Asia. Mount Everest gained its name in 1856, when the Royal Geographic Society decided to name is after British surveyor-general of India, Sir George Everest. It wasn’t until 1953 [...]

Background: On the North Eastern coast of Brazil lies the state of Rio de Janeiro, which has a capital city of the very same name. This city is well known for a number of things, including the stunning mountains that surround it, great carnivals and of course the statue of Christ the Redeemer that overlooks [...]

Background: Lying just a few miles off the coast of Queensland, Australia, is the Great Barrier Reef; the only living thing visible from space and one of the seven wonders of the natural world. Its total area comprises approximately 133,000 square miles and within that live thousands of different species of marine life. To be [...]

Background: Located in Arizona, US, the Grand Canyon is the one of the world’s deepest gorges, with cliff edges measuring up to a mile in depth. While it is not the deepest on the planet, the Grand Canyon is recognized mainly for its extreme beauty and the fact that all 227 miles of it is [...]