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Manarola – Italy’s most beautifully placed town

Manarola – Italy’s most beautifully placed town

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Manarola (Manaea in the local dialect) is a small town, a frazione of the comune (municipality) of Riomaggiore, in the province of La Spezia, Liguria, northern Italy. It is the second smallest of the famous Cinque Terre towns frequented by tourists. Manarola may be the oldest of the towns in the Cinque Terre, with the [...]

Meeting of Waters

Meeting of Waters

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The Meeting of Waters (Portuguese: Encontro das Águas) is the confluence between the Rio Negro, a river with dark (almost black colored water), and the sandy-colored Amazon River or Rio Solimões, as it is known the upper section of the Amazon in Brazil. For 6 km (3.7 mile) the river’s water run side by side [...]

Aurora – The painted nights

Aurora – The painted nights

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Auroras, sometimes called the northern and southern (polar) lights or aurorae (singular: aurora), are natural light displays in the sky, usually observed at night, particularly in the polar regions. They typically occur in the ionosphere. The aurora borealis is also called the northern polar lights, as it is only visible in the sky from the [...]