SEVEN NATURAL WONDERS OF THE WORLD

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SEVEN NATURAL WONDERS OF THE WORLD
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GRAND CANYON
United States 277 miles long, 1 mile deep, 18
miles wide.
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VICTORIA FALLS

• Located on the Zambezi River in Africa
• 328 foot drop into the Batoka Gorge
• First European to see the falls, David
  Livingstone, named the falls for his Queen

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NORTHERN LIGHTS

• Aka Aurora
• Borealis/Australis/
• Polaris
• Charged Particles
• Excited gas molecules
• Reaction to Solar Wind

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PARICUTIN

• Newest Mountain!
• February 20, 1943
• First Day 25 feet
• Second Day 164
• First Week 460
• First Year 1,100
• Present 1,350

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GREAT BARRIER REEF

• Located off East Coast of Australia
• Largest deposit of coral
• 1250 miles long

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EVEREST

• Highest peak approximately 29,028
• Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay
  first reached its summit on May 29, 1953
• Thousands attempted
• 700 succeeded
• 150 have died trying

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RIO DE JANERIO

• Aka River of January
• Portuguese 1st to see the bay in 1502
• Sugar Loaf Mountain juts 1,325 from the bay

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TO BE CONTINUED

• WITH THE OTHER WONDERS OF THE WORLD INCLUDING
  WONDERFUL PHYSICAL, MANMADE, AND HUMAN WONDERS!!!