Monday, December 3, 2012

Success Is Determined Not By What You Get For Reaching Your Destination, But By What You Become By Reaching It

Foung this reading yahoo.com today.
10 Places That Are Out of this World
Read more: http://www.budgettravel.com/slideshow/photos-out-of-this-world-places,12562/#ixzz2Dy4TvrJJ

Chocolate Hills
The Chocolate Hills on the island of Bohol in the Philippines.  The name 
comes from the brown color of the hills during the winter months. There 
are more than 1,200 of the conical hills, which vary between around 100 
and almost 40 feet high.

Salt Flats
The Bolivian Salt Flats are said to have been created about 30,000 years
ago when Lago Minchin dried up, leaving the salt behind.

Stone Forests

There are 3,000 of these towering stone pillars in China's Zhangjiajie National Forest Park.

Socotra Island

The flora on Socotra Island off the coast of Yemen look like works of 
science fiction, including the desert rose with its bulbous trunk.
Socotra Island trees
The canopy-topped dragon blood tree is only found on Socotra Island and
 gets its name from the deep red resin that flows from the trunk.
The Wave
The Wave in the northwest corner of Vermilion Cliffs National 
Monument is a wall of red sandstone that twists and turns in a way that 
just doesn't look natural.
Spotted Lake
The 61-acre Spotted Lake in British Columbia evaporates during the 
warmest months of the year, leaving behind rings that make canonical 
shapes.
Spotted Lake
The high levels of minerals like calcium and magnesium in the Spotted 
Lake have the water reflecting blue, green, and even yellow. 
Giants Causeway
Here are almost 40,000 hexagonal ballast columns at the Giant's 
Causeway in Northern Ireland that were formed 60 million years ago by 
magma that spewed and cooled along the coast.
Giants CausewaySome of the columns reach almost 40 feet high, while others are short 
enough to walk across.
Rio Tinto
As the name suggests, Spain's Rio Tinto runs blood red. The color of the 
Rio Tinto comes from a combination of rare bacteria, a low oxygen count, 
and pollution from mining for gold, silver, and copper.
Perito Moreno glacier
The immense Perito Moreno Glacier in Argentine Patagonia is more than
 50 miles in length and 500 feet deep. The blue hue at the face of the
 glacier comes from oxygen trapped inside the ice.
Simpson Desert
Sand that swirls through the 54,000-square-mile Simpson Desert in 
central Australia is blood red. he color comes from iron oxide in the sand, 
with shades ranging from light pink to deep red.

Here are but a few of the world's wonders, some of which I will not be 
able to see with my eyes. However, I can only look with awe as I 
contemplate how the God I worship is Great indeed!! He does wondrous 
things and He leaves His fingerprints everywhere for us to admire. It is 
very sorrowful to see that some people don't see and don't appreciate the 
treasures that we have to feast our eyes upon. The Bible tells it so clearly 
in Romans 1:20 -21


Romans 1:20-21

New International Version (NIV)
20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.


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