We offer you to get acquainted with the ten largest and most impressive lakes on planet Earth, the beauty, grandeur and mystery of which is amazing. For this, we have collected the most interesting facts about these incredible ponds. Caspian Sea This is actually a lake, and it is considered the largest on our planet. ...

Cards lie. The whole problem is that the surface of the Earth cannot be represented as a plane without any distortion. Since the 16th century, scientists have been developing algorithms that would most accurately help turn the globe into something flat. To do this, they use the projection method. There is no right or wrong way to represent the globe on a plane, it all depends on what a particular map should show. ...

It turns out that slavery is not exclusively a human type of social structure. On Earth, there are other living creatures that practice parasitic actions in relation to their own kind. It will be about some species of ants that have evolved so much that their life is no longer possible without using the labor of ants of another species. ...

Location The Radisson Resort Hotel in Zavidovo invites its guests to where you will find magnificent forests, rivers and lakes, a golden beach and magnificent golf courses. Fans of this sport will certainly appreciate the hotel’s close proximity to the PGA National Russia Golf Club, while other guests are offered many leisure options: yachting and horse riding, fishing and many outdoor sports, hiking and cycling in the natural park, as well as a spa for complete relaxation. ...

Today we decided not to tell you for the thousandth time about the romance of Paris, the mood of Rome, the architecture of Barcelona, ​​etc. Everyone already knows that these cities have not without reason earned their status as the most delightful and impressive. There are other places in the world that can compete with these tourist "giants" in the matter of beauty. ...

For a long time, the official version of why the world famous British transatlantic liner Titanic sank was a collision with an iceberg. But some researchers, collecting and analyzing rare photographs, came to the conclusion that the main cause of the tragedy was the fire that started on the ship. ...

28-year-old Dylan First, who grew up in Bellingham, Washington, is passionate about shooting rather gloomy, otherworldly landscapes, which seems a little strange for a man of his age. Dylan himself admits that his dull Pacific coast of the United States, immersed in showers and mists, was greatly influenced by his creative outlook and aesthetic preferences. ...

At the CastaDiva Resort & Spa, everything is unusual, starting with the fact that the hotel consists of 9 villas, one of which is Villa Roccabruna, owned by the magnificent 19th-century opera diva Juditha Pasta, for whom Vincenzo Bellini wrote the opera Norma - One of the most difficult parts in the soprano repertoire. ...

The Great Silk Road connecting China and the cities of Central Asia with the Mediterranean countries for many centuries played a major role in the processes of commodity and cultural exchange between these regions. Originating in the II century BC as a trade route between China and the cities of the Ferghana Valley, it later acquired the status of the most important transport artery between East and West and lasted until the Middle Ages. ...

In the United States, one of the flea markets found several old shabby discs. When they were opened, they found a reminder of one of the most tragic events in the history of mankind: more than two thousand photographs taken after the September 11 tragedy were recorded on disks. On footage are the destroyed towers of the World Trade Center. ...

During the reign of Ramses II, more than 3 thousand years ago, two magnificent ancient Egyptian temples were carved in the rock of Abu Simbel on the western bank of the Nile in honor of the pharaoh and Queen Nefertari, his first wife. All this time, the monument of Ancient Egypt stood motionless, until in the middle of the 20th century its peace was broken. ...

The settlement they founded in 1291 was called Geytenhoren. In fact, having nothing to do with goats or goat horns, it got its name from the coastline, the spit, where the first ships of the settlers docked. The name of the Dutch village Giethoorn in Russian sounds like Hithorn (Githorn). The goat horn is pronounced in Dutch as Heiten horn, and the name of the village of Hithorn came from the word hoorn, which used to denote a piece of land - an island that literally jumped out of the water. ...

In the first half of the 20th century, engineers and shipowners realized that sailing ships could no longer compete with ships equipped with engines. Thus, the era of sailing ships came to an end, which used wind power to move and could not compete in speed and maneuverability with new generation vessels. ...

The hotel, from the window of which offers a picturesque view, automatically takes any good rest to the highest level. After all, how pleasant it is to fall asleep, watching from the window at the light show of the Eiffel Tower or at the light of the statue of Christ the Savior, or maybe have breakfast with a view of the Acropolis of Athens. We have selected for you several wonderful places where it is enough just to move the curtains and enjoy! ...

If someone decided to make a rating of the cutest creatures, then our today's hero would simply blow it up with his transcendent charm. And this is not a cat or doggie, as you might think, but a much more unusual beast. Meet Alpaca Alfie. Its owners are a young married couple from Australia, and he fell in love with them so much that they decided to create for him a personal Instagram account in which they could share the charm of their pet with the world. ...

The first, largest and ideal for study is Under, the largest underwater restaurant on the planet with hundreds of seats, located in Norway. In Europe, this institution does not have its own kind, in addition, it functions as a center for studying the life of marine inhabitants. Despite the fact that the restaurant opened its doors only a few days ago, it is already on the must-visit lists of most travelers and travel agencies. ...