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Places You Should See

![]() AntarcticaAntarctica is the coldest of Earth's continents. The coldest natural temperature ever recorded on Earth was −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F) at the Vostok Station in Antarctica on 21 July 1983. East Antarctica is colder than its western counterpart because of its higher elevation. | ![]() SpaceSpace is the boundless three-dimensional extent in which objects and events have relative position and direction. In 1905, Albert Einstein published a paper on a special theory of relativity, in which he proposed that space and time be combined into a single construct known as spacetime. According to the general theory, time goes more slowly at places with lower gravitational potentials. | ![]() AuroraAn aurora is a natural light display in the sky particularly in the high latitude (Arctic and Antarctic) regions, caused by the collision of energetic charged particles with atoms in the high altitude atmosphere (thermosphere). |
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![]() Machu PicchuThe Incas built the estate around 1450, but abandoned it a century later at the time of the Spanish Conquest. Machu Picchu was built in the classical Inca style, with polished dry-stone walls. Its three primary structures are the Intihuatana (Hitching post of the Sun), the Temple of the Sun, and the Room of the Three Windows. | ![]() EgyptTutankhamun was an Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty.The 1922 discovery by Howard Carter and George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon of Tutankhamun's nearly intact tomb received worldwide press coverage. For many years, rumors of a "Curse of the Pharaohs" emphasizing the early death of some of those who had entered the tomb. | ![]() GangesThe Ganges is a trans-boundary river of India and Bangladesh. The 2,525 km river rises in the western Himalayas in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, and flows south and east through the Gangetic Plain of North India into Bangladesh, where it empties into the Bay of Bengal. It is the third largest river in the World by discharge.The Ganges is the most sacred river to Hindus.It is worshipped as the goddess Ganga in Hinduism. |
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