PHOTOS SANS FRONTIERES - PARTIR A LA DECOUVERTE DU MONDE ET SORTIR DES VALEURS CONNUES POUR RENCONTRER DES GENS ET DES PAYSAGES MERVEILLEUX...
Nature, also called "material world", "material universe", "natural world", or "natural universe", refers to the phenomena of the physical world. Nature includes all matter and energy in its essential form. The English word derives from a Latin term, natura. Natura is related to the Latin words relating to "birth", while physis relates to Greek words for "growth". The concept of nature as a whole, the cosmos, is a later development that is particularly strong in modern science.
In scale, "nature" is now understood to include everything from the universal to the subatomic. This includes all things animal, plant, and mineral; all natural resources and events (hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes). It also includes the behaviour of living animals, and processes associated with inanimate objects - the "way" that particular types of things change.
Nature, also called "material world", "material universe", "natural world", or "natural universe", refers to the phenomena of the physical world. Nature includes all matter and energy in its essential form. The English word derives from a Latin term, natura. Natura is related to the Latin words relating to "birth", while physis relates to Greek words for "growth". The concept of nature as a whole, the cosmos, is a later development that is particularly strong in modern science.
In scale, "nature" is now understood to include everything from the universal to the subatomic. This includes all things animal, plant, and mineral; all natural resources and events (hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes). It also includes the behaviour of living animals, and processes associated with inanimate objects - the "way" that particular types of things change.
Peru (Lake Titicaca 1996), Behind the Horizon... - Just before the sunset, time to relax looking over the immense Lake Titicaca. This Lake is the world's highest lake navigable lying at 3,810 meters above sea level in the Andes Mountains of South America. For the time being, Lake Titicaca is an immense water reserve to care about.
Tibet (Kampa la Pass 2005), The Roof of the World - Tibet is well-know as the "Roof of the World". With an average altitude of 4,500 meters (14,763 ft), Tibet has the highest peak (Mt. Everest - 8,850m) and the largest canyon (Yalung Tsangpu River Canyon - depth 5,382m). Overall, this region has also a fascinating natural beauty even if China selected the Tibetan Plateau for primary nuclear weapons research program and development base in the early 1960s.
Guatemala (San Antonio Palopo 2004),
Early-Bedder in the Highlands - Beautiful Lake Atitlan in the Guatemala highlands is backed by volcanoes and ringed with Maya villages, such as San Antonio Palopo. Traditional values are strong in highland areas like this where Mayan languages are still widely spoken.
Early-Bedder in the Highlands - Beautiful Lake Atitlan in the Guatemala highlands is backed by volcanoes and ringed with Maya villages, such as San Antonio Palopo. Traditional values are strong in highland areas like this where Mayan languages are still widely spoken.
Guatemala (Lake Atitlan 2004), Unforgivable Paradise - Surrounded by volcanoes, Atitlán is the deepest lake in Central America (320 meters deep) formed by a collapsed volcano cone. Towns or villages lie on the perimeter mainly inhabited by traditional mayan people. In the same area, about half of the 600 storm victims lost their lives in mudslides in Guatemala (October 2005). Several villages were buried in mud.
Indian Ocean (2004) - Along the India Ocean as everywhere on our planet, the earth's atmosphere acts as a big lens, bending the sun's rays substantially when the sun is near the horizon. This effect changes with air pressure and temperature, but on average the sun appears lower in the sky by 35 minutes of arc than it would without the atmosphere's effect.
Senegal (Saint Louis 1998), Flying Kid - Senegal is mainly a low-lying country, with semidesert areas in the northeast and with forests in the southwest. The largest rivers include the Casamance in the southern tropical climate region. Saint-Louis, located on the western coast, has the chance to receive fresh natural ressources directly from the Atlantic Ocean.
Australia (Green Island 2004) - Beautiful nature in the Green Island area. Green Island is one of Australia's premier heritage sites, home to 126 native plant species, colorful birdlife and surrounded by a magnificent coral reef. The first European to sight the Island was Captain Cook during his journey up the east coast of Australia in 1770.
Australia (Cairns rainforest 2004), Dejeuner entre Amis - Crocodylus Porosus is just looking at the Chelonia or perhaps expecting a good australian lunch just before noon.
Australia (Cairns rainforest 2004), Sweet and Sleepy - Although koalas were an available food for Australian arborigens, they remained abundant before the arrival of Europeans (first fleet in 1788). Ten years later, John Price was the first European to record koalas near Sydney at the Blue Mountains. In 1816, koala was given its scientific name, "phascolarctos cinereus", meaning "ash grey pouched bear". Later on, it was discovered that the koala was not a bear, but a marsupial. Marsupials give birth to immature young and carry them in a pouch.
2005 - Shirakawa (Japan)
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In winter, Japan frequently experiences cold winds which blow in from the Chinese continent. These cold wind fronts pick up moisture while crossing over the Japan Sea, then hit the high mountain ranges in this area and leave deep deposits of heavy wet snow on the slopes facing the Japan Sea coast.
The deepest accumulation on record was 4.5 meters, in 1981, and the total snowfall for that year was approximately 22 meters.
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In winter, Japan frequently experiences cold winds which blow in from the Chinese continent. These cold wind fronts pick up moisture while crossing over the Japan Sea, then hit the high mountain ranges in this area and leave deep deposits of heavy wet snow on the slopes facing the Japan Sea coast.
The deepest accumulation on record was 4.5 meters, in 1981, and the total snowfall for that year was approximately 22 meters.
