Posts Tagged ‘UNESCO World Heritage Site’

Travel if you Dare: The Remotest Abandoned Wonders of the World

Saturday, October 31, 2009 11:00 By GSerrano

There are far-flung places on Earth that have been abandoned by humans. Humans had been there before but extreme environmental conditions made them pack their precious belongings and head to more humanly-receptive climes. Here are some of those abandoned wonders:
On the western tip of the Scottish Outer Hebrides is the ‘most windswept, storm-tossed part of [...]

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La Cumbre volcano erupts after four years of calm, lava feared to affect Galapagos wildlife

Tuesday, April 14, 2009 13:45 By GSerrano

La Cumbre volcano on Fernandina Island in the Pacific Ocean’s Galapagos archipelago erupted again after four years of calm, the Galapagos National Park (GNP) reported. The lava flows from a single main crack and runs several miles as a single river, then divides into three streams, and finally reunites into the sea via two channels.
The [...]

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