Caldera and volcano lakes of the world
Caldera, or caldaria to give them their Latin name, are cooking pot shaped depressions in the earth formed after the cooling magma chamber of a volcano forms a void and…
Enclaves, Exclaves and Trans-Continental Exclaves of the world
The world is full of odd little bits of land that are, in political terms, separated geographically from the rest of the country they are a part of. Some of…
Hope is a powerful thing
Hope is a powerful tool, and you can consume it for a pound a week. Figures announced this week show national lottery sales have gone up 20% in a year.…
The darkest place in the UK
Ok so any room with no windows and the lights turned off will probably count as the darkest place in Britain. So we might need a little more definition here,…
Instagram connects iPhone photographers worldwide
Since the Instagram iPhone App launched last year, it has built up a social photo-sharing community that now commands 10 million followers worldwide. Allowing people to share and connect through…
The Electric Brae – Scotland’s natural optical wonder
Not all is as it appears in Scotland as objects move uphill on their own accord. In an area known as the Electric Brae, visitors have been baffled for centuries…
Arecales – The palm tree order
Arecales (Arecaceae aka Palmae) in an order of the flowering plants containing the Palm Tree family. There are around 2500 species of palms and many of them are some of…
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