Yemrehana Krestos Church, Amhara area, Ethiopia
The Yemrehanna Krestos Church is an Ethipian Orthodox Church built inside a cave.
Located at the bottom of Abouna Yossef, a 4190m above sea level mountain.
The church naming is because of the king Yemrehanna Krestos who achieve to built the church during the 12th century
Peacock, early morning, on the top of the tree to escape predators. Bundala National Park, Sri Lanka
Located in the Philippines, Sulu Sea, the Tubbataha Reef has became a protected marine park on August 11th, 1988.
This marine park, with an area of 968 km2 was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list in December 1993.
In Sama language, Tubbataha means “a long reef emerged at low tide.” Indeed, this reef is composed of two parts, and each part has a small island on its center. However, the islands are very small and located far from the coast (the reef is located 181km from Puerto Princesa, the nearest city port), which make them difficult to reach for fishermen and population. If you want to imagine the Tubbataha Reef, try to picture yourself two tiny islands of maximum 2 meters, in the middle of Sulu Sea
This isolation has allowed the Tubbataha reef to maintain a high level of biodiversity along an abundance of incredible life.
Underwater, it is possible to encounter more than one thousand different species of fish, from the tiny anthias to the gigantic whale shark. All of them floating beyond the incredible coral which is composing the seabed.
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Salpa maggiore (salpa maxima), Celebes Sea, Borneo, Malaysia
Adarsh Nagar, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Temple of the Tooth or Sri Dalada Maligawa, Kandy, Sri Lanka
Australia, Pretty Beach
Gelada – Theropithecus gelada, Ethiopia
Tillage, Ethiopia
Young Buddhist monk
The Simien Mountains are located in the northern Ethiopian Highlands. Since 1978 they are a UNESCO World Heritage Site (with the world heritage status in danger since 1996).
Compared to the surrounding area the weather is more cool and wet because of the highlands altitude. Consequently, it is more easy to grow crops, and the most of the Simien inhabitants are farmers. It is also possible to produce coffee beans.
The Simien Mountain is home of number of endangered species, including the Ethiopian Wolf (Only 500 wolves live in the wild). More common, the gelada baboon is easy to get encountered within the Simien Mountains.
Temple of Kandy, Sri Lanka
India, Rajasthan
Orang-utang (pongo pygmaeus), Kinabatangan forest, Borneo, Malaysia
Mahout and bathing elephant, Sri Lanka
Ethiopia