228. Ya Lu River Bridge

 The International Friendship Bridge, The Iron Bridge, which is still used now, was started to be built in April 1937 and was completed in May 1943. It stretches over the Yalu River from Dandong to Sinuiju, which is 940.8 meters’ long totally. In October 1990, the Yalu River Bridge was renamed as “Bridge for the Friendship between China and Korea” by the agreement of the two countries. Visitors on the Bridge can not only see the famous scenic spots, such as the rainbow over the Bao Mountain, the clear water and the bright pavilions, the River and the boats, and the bullet holes in the Iron Bridge, but also can generally survey the scene of the cities in both countries.

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227. Grand Teton National Park

 Grand Teton National Park is a United States National Park located in northwestern Wyoming. Approximately 130,000 ha in size, the park includes the major peaks of the 64 km long Teton Range as well as most of the northern sections of the valley known as Jackson Hole. Only 16 km south of Yellowstone National Park, the two parks are connected by the National Park Service managed John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway. These three protected areas in conjunction with surrounding National Forests constitute the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, which at almost  7,300,000 ha, is one of the largest intact mid-latitude temperate ecosystems in the world. Grand Teton National Park is named for Grand Teton which is the tallest mountain in the Teton Range. At 4,199 m, Grand Teton rises abruptly more than  2,100 m above Jackson Hole and is almost 260 m higher than Mount Owen, the second highest summit in the range. The park has numerous lakes, including 24 km long Jackson Lake as well as streams of varying length and the uppermost reaches of the Snake River. Though in a state of recession, a dozen named small glaciers persist at the higher elevations, and can be found only near the highest peaks in the range. Some of the rocks found in the park are the oldest found in any U.S. national park and have been dated at nearly 2.7 billion years.

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226. De Groote Peel National Park

 De Groote Peel is a National Park in the Peel, a region in the Southeast of the Netherlands on the border between the provinces of Limburg and North Brabant. It has a size of 13,4 km² and preserves a peat-bog that has remained partly untouched by peat cutting, which used to be extensive in the area. It is one of the most bird-rich areas in Western Europe, with resident black-necked grebes and sometimes migrating common cranes in October/November. The terrain is varied with inaccessible peat swamps, lakes, heath land and sand ridges. The present swamp and some of the lakes were created by the cutting of peat.

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225. Western Kentucky University

 Western Kentucky University (WKU) is a public university in Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA. It was formally founded by the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1906, though its roots reach back a quarter-century earlier.

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224. Japan

 This postcard is printed japanese Animation movie named "Princess Mononoke's" background.

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The Peter the Great Statue - TYC

 The Peter the Great Statue in Moscow was designed (1996-1997) by the Georgian designer Zurab Tsereteli to commemorate 300 years of the Russian Navy, which was started by Peter I of Russia. At 94 metres, it is the eighth tallest statue in the world. The designer Zurab Tsereteli is known as a friend and favorite of Moscow's former Mayor, Yury Luzhkov, and the artist has received many municipal art commissions in recent years, such as the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, the Manege Square ensemble and the War Memorial Complex on Poklonnaya Gora. TYC for PL-382595

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