I open this thread to share wonderful pictures of the most wonderful worlds in the world! :)
I hope you'll enjoy it, and contribute to it!...;-)

First Start: THE DAZU ROCK CARVINGS

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Description: a series of Chinese religious sculptures and carvings, dating back as far as the 7th century A.D., depicting and influenced by Buddhist, Confucian and Taoist beliefs. The Dazu Rock Carvings are made up of 75 protected sites containing some 50,000 statues, with over 100,000 Chinese characters forming inscriptions and epigraphs.

Location: Dazu Valley, Chongqing, CHINA, Asia

JODHPUR

Location: Jodhpur, Rajasthan, INDIA, Asia

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Inside Jodhpur
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Description: the second largest city in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It was formerly the seat of a princely state of the same name, also known as Marwar. Jodhpur is a popular tourist destination, featuring many beautiful palaces, forts and temples, apart from a stark, scenic desert landscape. The city is known as the "Sun City" for the bright, sunny weather it enjoys all year. It is also referred as the Blue city, due to the indigo tinge of the whitewashed houses around the Mehrangarh Fort. The blue houses were originally for Brahmins but non-Brahmins soon joined in, as the color was said to deflect the heat and keep mosquitoes away.

LA DIGUE ISLAND

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Description: La Digue is the fourth largest inhabited island of the Seychelles, lying east of Praslin and west of Felicite Island.

Location: La Digue, SEYCHELLES, Africa

SOCOTRA ISLAND

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Desciption: Socotra is one of the most isolated landforms on Earth of continental origin . The long geological isolation of the Socotra archipelago and its fierce heat and drought have combined to create a unique and spectacular endemic flora.

Location: Socotra, YEMEN, Asia

ANTELOPE CANYON

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Description: Antelope Canyon is the most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest. It is located on Navajo land near Page, Arizona. Antelope Canyon includes two separate, photogenic slot canyon sections referred to individually as Upper Antelope Canyon or The Crack; and Lower Antelope Canyon or The Corkscrew.
American pop superstar Britney Spears shot the video for her hit "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman" in Upper Antelope Canyon

Location: Arizona, USA, America

BRITNEY SPEARS - I am Not a Girl [Shot in Antelope Canyon]
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CARCASSONNE

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Desctiption: A fortified French town, in the Aude département of which it is the préfecture, in the former province of Languedoc. It is separated into the fortified Cité de Carcassonne and the more expansive lower city, the ville basse.

Location: Toulouse, FRANCE, Europe.

DUBAI

Location: Dubai City, UAE, Asia

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Description: The modern emirate of Dubai was created with the formation of the United Arab Emirates in 1971. However, written accounts documenting the existence of the city have existed at least 150 years prior to the formation of the UAE. Dubai shares legal, political, military and economic functions with the other emirates within a federal framework, although each emirate has jurisdiction over some functions such as civic law enforcement and provision and upkeep of local facilities. Dubai has the largest population and is the second largest emirate by area, after Abu Dhabi. As of 2007, 800 new residents were setting up home in Dubai every day.

IGUAZU WATERFALLS

Location: Paraná, Brazil, & Misiones, Argentina, South America

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The Amazing Iguazu
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Description: Spectacular waterfalls of the Iguazu River located on the border of the Brazilian state of Paraná and the Argentine province of Misiones. Upon seeing Iguaçu, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt reportedly exclaimed "Poor Niagara!" Vastly larger than North America's Niagara Falls, Iguaçu is rivalled only by Southern Africa's Victoria Falls which separates Zambia and Zimbabwe (this is excluding extremely large rapid-like falls such as the Boyoma Falls).

NUBIAN PYRAMIDS

Location: Nubia (area) , SUDAN, Africa

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- Description:
The area of the Nile valley known as Nubia that lies within present day Sudan was home to three Kushite kingdoms during antiquity: the first with its capital at Kerma (2400–1500 BC), that centred on Napata (1000–300 BC) and, finally, that of Meroë (300 BC–AD 300).

Sudanese Pyramids:
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