Page 33 Fifty Rare & Beautiful Photos of Places on the Complex Earth

Before you view the photos below, please know - I did not take these photos. I don't own copyright to them. I don't know who does own the copyright. They were simply sent to me - in some kind of effort to preserve them - and I'm doing my best. Hopefully someone else will come along after I'm gone and will know how to do a better job. When I first began this work, old email buddies would send mostly old, b&w photographs (which they knew that I really enjoyed). But then, in time, people that I didn't even know began sending photos of all sorts (like these below) and I really didn't know what to do with them. I couldn't just throw them away. ~hdmunn

I've tried to add captions where possible. Click on any photo for a much more detailed, larger view.

China : The spiral staircase

Portugal 2: Palace Regaleira

An interior view of the Palace of Regaleira located in Sintra , Portugal .

3 Bosnia and Herzegovina : the small town of Blagaj
The Tekija house built in the 16th century next to the source of the Buna.

4 Romania : Merry Cemetery Sapan has The Happy Cemetery of Sapan has ţ area has Marmatie funeral wooden tombs, painted in bright colors. 

Italy 5: The small island of Procida 
Procida is an island and Italian town of about 10,000 inhabitants, located in the province of Naples .

6. Malta Popeye Village
It was built as a movie set in 1980 for the film Popeye (Walt Disney). Today it is open to the public as a museum.

7 Iceland : Falls Litlanesfoss
Litlanesfoss is waterfalls surrounded by basalt columns Upphéraðsvegur located in Iceland .

8 China : The mountains rainbow sky
Zhangye Danxia mountains were formed on red terrigenous sedimentary layers that have been eroded for 24 million years.

9 Italy : The Cliff Restaurant
The Cliff Restaurant (Grotta Palazzese) was built in a cave in the region of Apulia in Italy

10 India : Chand Baori
In Rajasthan, the building dating from the 11th century is one of the first baoris (wells) that has solved the problem of lack of water.

11 USA : Bishop's Castle
In the San Isabel Forest in Colorado is a medieval castle built over 40 years by Jim Bishop. He began building at the age of 15 years.

12 Russia : psychedelic salt mine
At the heart of the abandoned salt mine in Yekaterinburg in Russia . There is a wealth of Carnallite disused for several years.

13 Brazil : The natural pool at the white sand Fervedouro
Near the village Mateiros is a natural pool, Fervedouro. It measures 8 feet in diameter, the water is crystal blue and the ground is white sand

14 Italy : Craco ghost medieval village
Craco is an Italian town abandoned it a famous tourist destination and a place for film shooting.

Samo a 15: To Sua Ocean Trench
"To Sua Ocean " and a piece of paradise located in the village of Lotofaga in Samoa . The place is available to the public as bathing area.

16 Burma : The village of Bagan Bagan is a large Buddhist archaeological site of nearly 50 square kilometers in the Region of Mandalay in the central plain of Burma.

17 Portugal : The colorful umbrellas of Agueda  In the town of Agueda in Portugal, umbrellas of different colors are present in suspension in the shopping streets. 

18 Tanzania : Lake Natron 
Lake Natron is an alkaline salt lake of tectonic origin endoreic present in northern Tanzania.

19 Germany : Bridge Bastei 
Bastei The bridge is located in the mountains of the Elbe in Saxon Switzerland in Germany.

20 Sichuan : The Leshan Giant Buddha The Leshan Giant Buddha is a monumental statue of Buddha carved into the cliffs of Mount Lingyun Sichuan. 

21 Spain : The Alcazar of Segovia
The Alcazar of Segovia is a fortified castle, located at the end of the old city of Segovia in Spain.

22 Turkey : Tombs of Myra
In lycènes rocks are the rock tombs of the ancient city of Myra.

23 Netherlands : Fort Bourtange
Bourtange is a Dutch fortified town in the province of Groningen, which was built in 1580.

24 Bhutan : The Monastery Taktshang
Taktshang is a Buddhist monastery in Bhutan, perched on a cliff at 3,120 meters above sea level.

25 Portugal : The island of São Miguel  São Miguel is the largest island in the Azores archipelago and the most populated with an area of ​​ 744.6 square kilometers.

26 Italy : Santa Maria dell'Isola The Monastery of Santa Maria dell'Isola was built on a rocky cliff near the beach in Tropea, Italy. 

France 27: The Gardens of Marqueyssac
Marqueyssac gardens - Belvedere of the Dordogne are in the town of Vézac in a historic park of 22 hectares.

28 Philippinnes: Labassin Waterfall Restaurant This restaurant in the Philippines offers its guests to eat their feet in the water. An artificial waterfall was built for the occasion.

29 Iran : Mosque Nasir-ol-Molk The Nasir-ol-Molk Mosque is a Shiite mosque in the province of Fars in Iran . It was built from 1876 to 1888 and is full of colors.

30 Russia : Pillars Nature Park in Lena 
These natural stone columns measure several tens of meters high and are formed by a process of erosion.

Wat Rong Khun is a place of worship entirely white south of Chiang Rai in Thailand .

32 Singapore : Park Gardens by the Bay 
Green space with remarkable biodiversity, built for more than 625 million. This giant park measures 101 hectares and includes three gardens.

33 United States: Kansas City Library  A novel architecture for the library of Kansas City, which offers a facade shaped ledgers stored.

34 Ukraine and Russia : Mount Ai-Petri
Ai-Petri is a mountain 1,230 meters high located in the region of Yalta in the Crimea.

35 Egypt : The Library of Alexandria  The Library of Alexandria was built in 1995 and cost $ 220 million. It was inaugurated in October 2002. 

36 France : Le Moulin de l'Abbaye 
Le Moulin de l'Abbaye is a luxury hotel located in Brantôme-en-Perigord in the Dordogne . It is a luxury of the Perigord.

37 Peru : Huacachina Oasis
Huacachina is a village in the Ica Region, in southwestern Peru has an oasis. In 1999, only 115 people lived there.

38 Mexico : The Marieta Islands
The Marieta Islands are an uninhabited archipelago off the coast of Nayarit, Mexico . It is an old military became protected national park
area.

39 Sri Lanka : The lion rock Sigiriya 
Sigiriya (Lion's Rock) is a major archaeological site, a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

40 Portugal : The Fort of São João Baptista  The Fort of São João Baptista is a seventeenth century fort located on the island of Berlengas in front of the port city of Peniche in central Portugal. 

41 Canada : Montreal Botanical Garden
The Montreal Botanical Garden is located in Montreal , Quebec and is one of the largest botanical gardens in the world. It was created in June 1931.

42 Thailand : Phraya Nakhon Cave
A Buddhist temple built in the middle of the cave Phraya Nakhon Thailand is illuminated by the light of heaven.

43 Western Australia : Pink Lake Middle Island
The Hillier lake on the island of Middle Island has a water pink, the cause remains unexplained. It was discovered in 1802 by a British
explorer. 

44 South Korea : Jeju-do Island 
Jeju-do is a province and a sub-tropical island of South Korea oval.

France 45: The Ark Breakthrough Chartreuse
Discovered only in 2005, the double arch of the Breakthrough Tour is located in the Alps.

46 Turkmenistan : The Gates of Hell
The gate of hell (Door to Hell) is a hotbed of natural gas burning continuously since it was lit by Soviet scientists in 1971.

47 China : The sunken city of Shi Cheng
Qiandao Lake is based in the city of Shi Cheng, about 1300 years old, it is immersed for 53 years in the deep waters.

48 Morocco : The souk of Fez 
In the souk of Fez in Morocco is one of the oldest tanneries in the world.

49 U.S. : The Fly Geyser
Fly Geyser is a small geyser in Washoe County , Nevada , which gives the impression of a brown ooze greenish color. 

50 Belize : The Gran Blue Hole  The Great Blue Hole is an underwater cenote off the coast of Belize . It is almost circular with a diameter of 300m and 120m deep.

51 Brazil : Mount Roraima  Mount Roraima is a South American mountain overlooking the clouds and rises to 2810 m