Thursday, February 24, 2011

YOSEMITE'S FIRE FALL

The waterfall on the rock El Captain in the Yosemite National Park, USA, seems to be 'on fire' when sunlight hits it at specific angle.

This happens only in 2 weeks at the end of February.

Some photographers may have to wait several years before capturing the
fire fall on film as shown in the following pictures










Monday, February 14, 2011

UNUSUAL HOTEL #2: The Quaker Inn Hotel, Ohio, USA

Silo night...


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The Quaker Square Inn in Akron, Ohio was originally a set of grain silos. Dating back from the 19th century, the silos are 36.5 meters in height and once held 1.5 million bushels of the Quaker Oats Co.'s inventory (via).

Each room conforms perfectly to the round shape of the silo and is decorated with traditional furnishings. The hotel is sitsuated just 4o minutes from the worlds largest Amish community.

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