542. Taiwan

 

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541. Happy Postcrossing Chistmas

 

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540. Evening Minsk

 

 The main building of the railway station. It was built in 2000

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539. Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone National Park - It's wonderland. Old Faithful and the majority of the world's geysers are preserved here. They are the main reason the park was established in 1872 as America's first national park—an idea that spread worldwide. A mountain wildland, home to grizzly bears, wolves, and herds of bison and elk, the park is the core of one of the last, nearly intact, natural ecosystems in the Earth’s temperate zone.

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538. Koryakskaya Sopka

 

 Koryakskaya Sopka (Russian: Коря́кская со́пка) is a volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia's far east. It lies within sight of Kamchatka Krai's administrative center, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Together with neighbouring Avachinsky, it has been designated a Decade Volcano, worthy of particular study in light of its history of explosive eruptions and proximity to populated areas. Koryaksky lies on the Pacific Ring of Fire, at a point where the Pacific Plate is sliding underneath the Eurasian Plate at about 80 mm/year. A wedge of mantle material lies between the subducting Pacific Plate and the overlying Eurasian Plate is the source of dynamic volcanism over the whole Kamchatka Peninsula.  The volcano has probably been active for tens of thousands of years. Geological records indicate that there have been three major eruptions in the last 10,000 years, at 5500 BC, 1950 BC and 1550 BC. These three eruptions seem to have been mainly effusive, generating extensive lava flows.

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537. Winter Harbor from Frazer Point

       Winter Harbor, Maine  

 Winter Harbor, Maine is a beautiful working fishing village located next to the Schoodic Peninsula section of Acadia National Park, the only portion of the park located on the mainland. It got its name because it did not freeze over in the winter which was especially important to the local fishermen. The village is in “Down East” Hancock County and has an area of 12.5 sq. miles with approximately 988 people (per year 2000 census). It was originally part of Gouldsboro but then separated and became incorporated in 1895. The village has attractive shops, galleries, and places to eat.

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