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Storm clouds over Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock, in Australia.
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Palau is an island nation in the western Pacific Ocean.
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The Monastery of the Holy Trinity — Moni Agias Triados — is perched high on this seemingly inaccessible pinnacle in Thessaly, Greece.
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These moai statues are on Easter Island in Polynesia.
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This photo montage shows the Giza pyramid complex at nightfall, near Cairo, Egypt.
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The Iguazu Falls are on the Iguazu River on the border between Brazil and Argentina.
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The Incan ruins of Machu Picchu, here shown with Huayna Picchu in the background, are near Cuzco in Peru.
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Christ the Redeemer statue looks down over Rio De Janeiro.
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Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet, sits perched on a mountainside.
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Tourists explore the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park at Kabayugan town in the Philippines. The 5-mile-long river is reputed to be the longest navigable underground river in the world.
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Ely Cathedral in Cabridgeshire, England, was built between 1083-1375. This Romanesque-Gothic cathedral is the seat of the Bishop of Ely.
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The Taj Mahal is in Agra, India.
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Clear water and stormy skies surround the Seraya Island Resort in Komodo National Park in Indonesia.
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Cassin Ridge runs down the center of this photo of Mount McKinley, also known as Denali, in Alaska.
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The Alabaster Mosque is in the Citadel of Cairo, a medieval fort in the center of Cairo.
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A rainstorm blows through the Grand Canyon at sunset.
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Tourists look at statues at an outdoor sculpture garden on Jeju Island, South Korea.
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The Sydney Opera House's unique expressionist design makes it one of the most recognizable buildings in the world.
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Lava flows into the Pacific Ocean at Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island, Hawaii.
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Burj Al Arab, Tower of the Arabs, is a luxury hotel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It stands on an artificial island connected to the mainland by a private curving bridge.
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A full moon rises above the Acropolis in Athens, Greece.
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Norris Geyser Basin erupts in the late afternoon at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.
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The main pyramid at Chichen Itza in Mexico is known as El Castillo.
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The Ring of Brodgar, is on Mainland, the largest of the Orkney Islands, in northern Scotland. It is thought to be a lunar observatory dating back to 1500 B.C.
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Fish swim at a coral reef at Pearl and Hermes Atoll at Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, northwest of the main Hawaiian islands
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The Torres del Paine Mountain Range towers over Torres del Paine National Park in Patagonia, Chile.
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This lowland rainforest is in the Amazon basin in Peru.
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The Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy is actually a bell tower. Construction started in 1173 and was completed in 1372. The tower was repaired and strengthened between 1990 and 2001.
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The Belize barrier reef is rivaled only by the Great Barrier Reef in Australia for size, beauty and biodiversity.
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A rainbow streams from Stonehenge. The purpose of the prehistoric English monument is not know, but it's widely considered to have religious or astronomical significance.
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Victoria Falls, on the Zambezi River between Zambia and Zimbabwe, is among the largest waterfalls in the world.
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More than half of the 15,000 tortoises left in the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador live on Isabela Island.
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Yosemite National Park was established in 1890. It spans more than 760,000 acres in California and includes mountains, streams and giant sequoias.
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Mount Everest, known as Chomolungma in Tibet, is the highest mountain in the world at 29,028.9 feet.
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Construction of the Alhambra palace and fortress in Granada, Spain, was begun in the 10th century by Muslim emirs.
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Wildebeest in Africa migrate twice a year, apparently in search of water. Here, a vast herd crosses part of Tanzania.
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The Eiffel Tower was built in 1889 for the World's Fair. The iron tower is about the same height as an 81-story building. It has become a symbol of Paris and is one of the most recognizable landmarks in the world.
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The Amazon River is not the longest river in the world, but it is by far the largest. Its basin covers nearly a third of South America, and more than a third of all the species in the world live in the Amazon Rainforest.
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