Six of the best places to visit in BrazilNZ HeraldStory by Carlos Marcondes • 1w •  13/11/2024 It is challenging to select a handful of the best destinations from a country the size of Brazil, equivalent to Oceania and almost the size of Europe, but here goes, writes Carlos Marcondes Rio the WonderfulRio the Wonderful - how Rio is affectionately known in Brazil. And it fully deserves its fame. A..

Alien Throne & Valley of Dreams New Mexico Valley of Dreams New Mexico is most famous for Alien Throne, an impressive rock formation carved by wind and water. The entire area is full of hoodoos and other rock formations carved out of the badlands over time. Farmington, New Mexico, is the closest city to Valley of Dreams. While a day trip from Albuquerque is a possibility, staying in Farmington g..

Towada-Hachimantai National Park,十和田八幡平国立公園  Towada-Hachimantai National Park十和田八幡平国立公園Oirase Stream, Towada-shi(city) Aomori-ken(Prefecture), Japan 青森県十和田市(あおもりけんとわだし) 奥入瀬渓流(おいらせけいりゅう) Towada-Hachimantai National Park (十和田八幡平国立公園, Towada-Hachimantai Kokuritsu Kōen) is a national park comprising two separate areas of Aomori, Iwate, and Akita Prefectures, Japan. The Towada-Hakkōda area encompasse..

Discover the Secret World of Mt. Iwate Guide The Nanataki trail up Mt. Iwate starts in the Iwate Prefectural Citizens’ Forest. This is my favorite trail up Mt. Iwate for obvious reasons: it's long (about 21km round trip), but there are so many different transitions in the scenery that it's like enjoying many mountains all in one.I would actually recommend trying just the first leg of this hike w..

Concretions on Bowling Balls Beachconcretion  [kankríːʃən)① 구체화 ② 응결체 ③결핵, 결석(結石)(stone) ④ 실체화(實體化)   The Bizarre Bowling Ball Beach Bowling Ball Beach is a part of Schooner Gulch State Beach, in Mendocino County, California, in the United States. It is named for the spherical sandstone concretions found there at low tide. Concretions on Bowling Ball Beach, south of Point Arena, CaliforniaPoint ..

岩手富士 (いわてふじ,  Iwate Fuji) Mount Iwate is made up of two volcanoes, Nishi-Iwate is older and collapsed to form a caldera,while Higashi-Iwate is younger and forms the summit.   The history of Nishi-Iwate and Higashi-Iwate,the two volcanic cones that make up Mount Iwate in Japan,includes the formation of the cones, eruptions, and the creation of a caldera: Nishi-Iwate, or "West Iwate", formed about..